Thoon (mythology)

In Greek mythology, Thoon is a name that refers to:

• One of the Gigantes (also called Thoas), who, together with Agrios, was clubbed to death by the Moirai during the Gigantomachy.^[1]
• One of the Trojans, son of Phaenops and twin brother of Xanthus. He and his brother were killed by Diomedes.^[2]
• Another Trojan, who was killed by Antilochus during the attack on the Achaean wall.^[3]
• A Lycian ally of the Trojans, who was killed by Odysseus.^[4]
• One of the Phaeacians, a participant in the games in honor of Odysseus.^[5]
• One of the warriors in Dionysus' army during his Indian campaign. He was slain by Corymbasus.^[6]

References

1. Bibliotheca 1. 6. 2
2. Homer, Iliad, 5. 152
3. Homer, Iliad, 12. 140; 13. 545
4. Homer, Iliad, 11. 422
5. Homer, Odyssey, 8. 113
6. Nonnus, Dionysiaca, 28. 112