Thoön (mythology)

In Greek mythology, Thoön (Ancient Greek: Θόων Thóōn)^[1] is a name that refers to:

• Thoon, one of the Gigantes (also called Thoas), who, together with Agrios, was clubbed to death by the Moirai during the Gigantomachy.^[2]
• Thoon, one of the Trojans, son of Phaenops and twin brother of Xanthus. He and his brother were killed by Diomedes.^[3]
• Thoon, another Trojan, who was killed by Antilochus during the attack on the Achaean wall.^[4]
• Thoon, a Lycian ally of the Trojans who followed their leader, Sarpedon, to fight in the Trojan War. He was slain by the Greek hero Odysseus during the siege of Troy.^[5]
• Thoon, one of the Phaeacians, a participant in the games in honor of Odysseus.^[6]
• Thoon, one of the warriors in Dionysus' army during his Indian campaign. He died at the hands of Corymbasus (Κορύμβασος).^[7]
• Thoon, son of Icarius of Sparta and Asterodia, daughter of Eurypylus.^[8] He was the brother of Amasichus, Phalereus, Pheremmelias, Perilaos and Laodice^[9] or Laodamia.^[10]

See also

• Naming citation for Jovian asteroid 34746 Thoon