Promedon

Promedon (Ancient Greek: Προμέδων) is a name referring to the following characters in Greek myth or legend:

Promedon, an otherwise unknown figure mentioned in Pausanias' description of Polygnotus' paintings at Lesche in Delphi. Promedon is said to have been depicted leaning against a willow in what seems to be a sacred grove of Persephone, next to such figures as Patroclus and Orpheus. The ancient sources Pausanias claims to have consulted had no uniform opinion concerning Promedon: from some it appeared he was a mere creation of Polygnotus, while others reportedly mentioned him as a music lover who especially favored the singing of Orpheus; thus he could have been believed to be a follower of Orpheus.[1]

Promedon of Naxos, a man seduced by his best friend's wife Neaera.[2]

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On the other side of the willow-tree Promedon is leaning against it. Some there are who think that the name Promedon is as it were a poetic invention of Polygnotus; others have said that Promedon was a Greek who was fond of listening to all kinds of music, especially to the singing of Orpheus.

Pausanias, Description of Greece, 10. 30. 7

Ὑψικρέων δὲ Μιλήσιος καὶ Προμέδων Νάξιος μάλιστα φίλω ἤστην. Ἀφικομένου οὖν ποτε Προμέδοντος εἰς Μίλητον, θατέρου λέγεται τὴν γυναῖκα Νέαιραν ἐρασθῆναι αὐτοῦ. Καὶ παρόντος μὲν τοῦ Ὑψικρέοντος μὴ τολμᾶν αὐτὴν διαλέγεσθαι τῷ ξένῳ: [2] μετὰ δὲ χρόνον ὡς ὁ μὲν Ὑψικρέων ἐτύγχανεν ἀποδημῶν, ὁ δὲ αὖτις ἀφίκετο, νύκτωρ αὐτοῦ κοιμωμένου ὑπεισέρχεται ἡ Νέαιρα καὶ πρῶτον μὲν οἵα τε ἦν πείθειν αὐτόν: ἐπειδὴ δὲ ἐκεῖνος οὐκ ἐνεδίδου, Δία τε Ἑταιρήιον καὶ Ξένιον αἰδούμενος, προσέταξεν ἡ Νέαιρα ταῖς θεραπαίναις ἀποκλεῖσαι τὸν θάλαμον, καὶ οὕτως, πολλὰ ἐπαγωγὰ ποιούσης, [3] ἠναγκάσθη μιγῆναι αὐτῇ: τῇ μέντοι ὑστεραίᾳ δεινὸν ἡγησάμενος εἶναι τὸ πραχθὲν ᾤχετο πλέων ἐπὶ τῆς Νάξου. ἔνθα δὴ καὶ ἡ Νέαιρα δείσασα τὸν Ὑψικρέοντα διέπλευσεν εἰς τὴν Νάξον: κἀπειδὴ αὐτὴν ἐζήτει ὁ Ὑψικρέων, ἱκέτις προσκαθίζετο ἐπὶ τῆς ἑστίας τῆς ἐν τῷ Πρυτανείῳ. [4] Οἱ δὲ Νάξιοι λιπαροῦντι τῷ Ὑψικρέοντι ἐκδώσειν μὲν οὐκ ἔφασαν, ἐκέλευον μέντοι πείσαντα αὐτὴν ἄγεσθαι: δόξας δὲ ὁ Ὑψικρέων ἀσεβεῖσθαι, πείθει τοὺς Μιλησίους πολεμεῖν τοῖς Ναξίοις.

Parthenius, Love Romances, 18

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