< Mygdon, son of Otreus >

1 Origins

Mygdon was born in Otroea, in the northwest of the Anatolia peninsula, in 1305 BC.

1.1 Father of Mygdon

Mygdon fought against the Amazons with Otreus. [Home.Il.3.181]

A genealogy shows that Otreus preceded Mygdon by one generation, so it is assumed that Mygdon's father was Otreus. Otreus is thought to be a descendant of Dolion, the son of Silenus, who migrated from Thessaly to the area near Lake Ascania. [FGrH.Nr70.F61, Strabo.12.4.8, Strabo.14.5.29]

2 Family

Mygdon is assumed to have had a son named Axius. [See Axius]

Mygdon is assumed to have had a son named Cisseus. [See Cisseus]

Mygdon is assumed to have had a son named Bisaltes. [See Bisaltes]

3 Others

3.1 Battle with Priam

In 1244 BC, Laomedon died, and Priam, Laomedon's son, succeeded him as king of Wilusa (Troy). [Dictys.4.22, Home.20.220, Hyginus.89]

The descendants of Assaracus (or Asarakos) expelled Priam from Ilium. [wiki: Estimated from Milawata letter]

Priam recaptured Ilium with the support of the Hittites.

Mygdon fought against Priam on the side of Antenor, the son of Aesyetes, the son of Capys, the son of Assaracus.

Theano, the daughter of Mygdon's son Cisseus, was Antenor's wife. [Suda.Pi.34, Home.Il.6.297]

3.2 Migration to Paeonia

Mygdon lived in the Mysia of Olympene. [Dictys.2.35]

Herodotus writes that the Mysians and Teucrians made a great expedition from Thracia to the Ionian Sea. [Herod.7.20]

The leaders of the Mysians and Teucrians are presumed to be Mygdon and Antenor, who were pursued by Priam and the Hittite army. Mygdon settled in Paeonia. [Diod.5.64.4, Herod.5.12-15, Herod.7.20]