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In [[Greek mythology]], the name '''Leucon''' ({{IPAc-en|ˈ|lj|uː||k|ɒ|n|}}; [[Ancient Greek]]: Λεύκων) may refer to:

*Leucon, a son of [[Themisto]] by either [[Athamas]]<ref>[[Bibliotheca (Pseudo-Apollodorus)|Apollodorus]], 1.9.2; [[Nonnus]], 9.314</ref> or [[Poseidon]].<ref>[[Hyginus]], ''Fabulae'' [https://topostext.org/work/206#175 175]</ref> His children were [[Erythras]],<ref>[[Pausanias (geographer)|Pausanias]], 6.21.11</ref> [[Pisidice]],<ref>[[Stephanus of Byzantium]], s.v. ''Argynnion''</ref> [[Hyperippe]]<ref>[[Hesiod]], ''[[Catalogue of Women|Ehoiai]]'' fr. 70.8–43; [[Catalogue of Women#CITEREFWest1985a|West (1985a)]], p. 66 n. 79)</ref> and [[Euippe]] (mother of [[Eteocles of Orchomenus|Eteocles]] by [[Andreus]]).<ref>Pausanias, 9.34.9</ref> He was said to have died of a sickness.<ref>Pausanias, 9.34.7</ref>
*Leucon, one of [[Actaeon]]'s dogs.<ref>[[Ovid]], ''[[Metamorphoses]]'' 3.218; Hyginus, ''Fabulae'' [https://topostext.org/work/206#181 181]</ref>
*Leucon, in [[Plutarch]]'s ''Life of [[Aristides]]'', one of the seven [[hero]]es to whom the Athenians, according to an [[oracle]], had to sacrifice if they wanted to overcome their foes in the imminent battle. The other six were [[Androcrates]], [[Peisandrus (mythology)|Peisandrus]], [[Damocrates (mythology)|Damocrates]], [[Hypsion]], [[Actaeon (mythology)|Actaeon]] and [[Polyidus (mythology)|Polyeidus]].<ref>Plutarch, ''Aristides'' 11.3</ref>

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== References ==

* [[Bibliotheca (Pseudo-Apollodorus)|Apollodorus]], ''The Library'' with an English Translation by Sir James George Frazer, F.B.A., F.R.S. in 2 Volumes, Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1921. ISBN 0-674-99135-4. [http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:1999.01.0022 Online version at the Perseus Digital Library.] [http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:1999.01.0021 Greek text available from the same website].
* [[Gaius Julius Hyginus]], ''Fabulae from The Myths of Hyginus'' translated and edited by Mary Grant. University of Kansas Publications in Humanistic Studies. [https://topostext.org/work/206 Online version at the Topos Text Project.]
* [[Hesiod]], ''[[Catalogue of Women]]'' from ''Homeric Hymns, Epic Cycle, Homerica'' translated by Evelyn-White, H G. Loeb Classical Library Volume 57. London: William Heinemann, 1914. [http://www.theoi.com/Text/HesiodCatalogues.html Online version at theio.com]
* [[Nonnus|Nonnus of Panopolis]], ''[[Dionysiaca]]'' translated by William Henry Denham Rouse (1863-1950), from the Loeb Classical Library, Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press, 1940.  [https://topostext.org/work/529 Online version at the Topos Text Project.]
* Nonnus of Panopolis, ''Dionysiaca. 3 Vols.'' W.H.D. Rouse. Cambridge, MA., Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann, Ltd. 1940-1942. [http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:2008.01.0485 Greek text available at the Perseus Digital Library].
* [[Pausanias (geographer)|Pausanias]], ''Description of Greece'' with an English Translation by W.H.S. Jones, Litt.D., and H.A. Ormerod, M.A., in 4 Volumes. Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1918. {{ISBN|0-674-99328-4}}. [http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:1999.01.0160 Online version at the Perseus Digital Library]
* Pausanias, ''Graeciae Descriptio.'' ''3 vols''. Leipzig, Teubner. 1903.  [http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:1999.01.0159 Greek text available at the Perseus Digital Library].
* [[Stephanus of Byzantium]], ''Stephani Byzantii Ethnicorum quae supersunt,'' edited by August Meineike (1790-1870), published 1849. A few entries from this important ancient handbook of place names have been translated by Brady Kiesling. [https://topostext.org/work/241 Online version at the Topos Text Project.]

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