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In Greek mythology, the name Leucon may refer to:
- Leucon, a son of Themisto by either Athamas or Poseidon. His children were Erythras, Pisidice and Euippe (mother of Eteocles by Andreus). He was said to have died of a sickness.
- Leucon, one of Actaeon' s dogs.
- Leucon, in Plutarch's Life of Aristides, one of the seven heroes 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, Damocrates, Hypsion, Actaeon and Polyeidus.
Usage examples of "leucon".
Athenian, Leucon, who was found in possession of a gilded pendant in the shape of a beetle, the property of Achilles.
Is it so surprising that Leucon, in his frustration, should become bewildered and confused, should lose his sense of the distinction, a valid distinction as I am the first to agree, between pilfering and pillage?
It is our judgement that Leucon the Athenian be delivered to the sword of the man he has wronged.
There were even those among the bystanders ready to swear that Leucon had continued pleading for his life and offering his services free for some appreciable time before he toppled over and his head jumped away.
Galatea laughed delightedly at his surprises, and even Leucon smiled a gray smile.
She looked at Leucon nodding reflectively on his bench, then back to Dan, meeting his gaze.
The house and trees and machine were ready for Leucon and my parents and me.
Old Leucon, in a far corner, bent over an intricate, glistening mechanism, and as Dan entered he drew a shining length of silver cloth from it, folded it, and placed it carefully aside.
Suppose I bear no child, but let myself grow old, older than Leucon, old until death.
Galatea laughed delightedly at his surprises, and even Leucon smiled a grey smile.