Chelidon (Greek myth)

In Greek mythology, Chelidon (Ancient Greek: Χελιδών, romanized: Khelidon, lit. 'swallow') may refer to the following women:

Chelidon, a Lycian royalty as the daughter of prince Cragus, presumed eponym of the city Cragus or Mount Cragus.[1] Her mother could be identified as Milye, eponym of the Milyae and sister-wife of Solymus, the eponym of the Solymi.[2] By her uncle Tlous (eponym of Tlos), Chelidon bore Sidymos, the eponymous founder of the city of Sidyma.[1]
Chelidon, daughter of Pandareus, sister to Aëdon, and doublet of Philomela.[3]

Notes

Tituli Asiae Minoris 2.174, C.9–11 (Greek text)
Stephanus of Byzantium, s.v. Milyai
Antoninus Liberalis, 11

References

Antoninus Liberalis, The Metamorphoses of Antoninus Liberalis translated by Francis Celoria (Routledge 1992). Online version at the Topos Text Project.
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. Online version at the Topos Text Project.

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