Pandīon
(
Πανδίων).
1.
The son of Erichthonius, father of Procné, Philomela, Butes, and
Erechtheus (q.v.).
2.
Son of Cecrops and Metiadusa, grandson of Erechtheus, king of Athens. Driven into exile by
the sons of his brother Metion, he went to Megara, where he married Pylia, the daughter of
King Pylas, and inherited the kingdom. His sons, Aegeus, Lycus , Pallas, and Nisus (known as
the Pandionĭdae), regained Attica from the Metionidae,
and the first three shared it among themselves, while
Nisus (q.v.) received Megara.