Caucon

A son of Celaenus, who was believed to have carried the orgies of the great goddess from Eleusis to Messene, where he was worshiped as a hero. His tomb was shown in Lepreos.

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References

Sources

  • Pausanias. Description of Greece iv, 1.4, 27.4; v, 5.4.
  • Smith, William. (1870). Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology. London: Taylor, Walton, and Maberly.

This article incorporates text from Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology (1870) by William Smith, which is in the public domain.