< Carmanor, son of Pandion >

1 Origin

Carmanor was born in Athens in 1310 BC.

2 Family

Carmanor had a son, Eubulus (or Phoenix). [Paus.2.30.3]

Carmanor had a daughter, Chrysothemis. [Paus.10.7.2]

3 Others

3.1 Apollo legend

Pausanias tells us that Carmanor purified Apollo, who had killed Pytho. [Paus.2.30.3]

Pytho was Tityus, son of Crius, who lived in Panopeus in Phocis. [See Eubulus]

Apollo was also Eubulus, son of Carmanor. [See Eubulus]

3.2 Father of Carmanor

Carmanor is presumed to be the son of Pandion, the eighth king of Athens, for the following reasons:

1) Phoenix, the father of Britomartis' mother Carme, was an Ogygian. [VirgilAp.220]

Britomartis was the daughter of Carme, the daughter of Eubulus, the son of Carmanor. [Paus.2.30.3]

2) Apollo (Eubulus), who defeated Tityus, set out from Athens. [Strabo.9.3.12]

3) Lebadus migrated from Athens to Midea (later Lebadeia), near Panopeus. [Paus.9.39.1]

Lebadus is thought to be the brother of Peteus, the son of Oeneus, the son of Pandion.

Peteus founded Stiris, southwest of Midea. [Paus.10.35.8]

Peteus and Lebadus are presumed to have been exiled by Aegeus, the ninth king of Athens, and Carmanor is also thought to have been exiled by Aegeus.

3.3 Emigration to Crete

During the war between Minos of Crete and Athens, Aegeus's brothers-in-law, who were enemies of Aegeus, were on friendly terms with Androgeus, Minos' son. [Diod.4.60.4-5]

It is believed that Carmanor, who was chased by Aegeus at this time, emigrated to Crete.

In 1262 BC, Carmanor emigrated to Tarrha in the southwest of Crete. [Paus.10.16.5]