Maron
mythological figure · 3 works · 3 mentions · 3 anchored passages
Maron son of Euanthes · Maron son of Orsiphantus
in the texts
Cyclops
Son of the Bacchic god Dionysus, who gave Odysseus the miraculous wine used to intoxicate the Cyclops
Odysseus:
Maron whom once I dandled in these arms?
Yes, it was Maron, the god’s son, who gave me a draught.
The Histories
A Lacedaemonian, brother of Alpheus, named among the most courageous fighters at Thermopylae after Dieneces.
Next after him two Lacedaemonian brothers, Alpheus and Maron, sons of Orsiphantus, are said to have been most courageous.
Odyssey
Priest of Apollo at Ismaros, spared by Odysseus, who gave him the potent wine later used against the Cyclops.
I also took a goatskin of sweet black wine which had been given me by Maron, Apollo son of Euanthes, who was priest of Apollo the patron god of Ismaros, and lived within the wooded precincts of the temple.