Pandion II

This article is about the son of Cecrops II and Metiadusa. For his ancestor that he was named after, see Pandion I.

Pandion
King of AthensKing of Megara
General Information
Species	Human
Sex	Male
Titles	King of Athens King of Megara
Relationships
Parents	Cecrops II and Metiadusa
Spouses	Pylia
Children	Aegeus, Pallas, Nisos, Lycus (sons) Unnamed Wife of Sciron (daughter)
Grandchildren	Theseus and Scylla

Pandion II (Ancient Greek: Πανδίων means "all-divine") was the son of King Cecrops II of Athens. He succeeded his cousin Metion as king. Metion himself had previously exiled Cecrops and taken power, being the son of King Erectheus. Pandion II was later exiled by Metion's sons, but was restored by his sons; Aegeus, Lycus and Nisos. Pandion was succeeded by Aegeus, while Lycus ruled over Lycia and Nisos over Megara.

Mythology

Pandion was exiled from Athens by the sons of his uncle Metion who sought to put Metion on the throne. Pandion fled to Megara where he married Pylia, daughter of King Pylas. Later, Pylas went into voluntary exile to Messenia, because he had killed his uncle, Bias.

Pylas then arranged for his son-in-law Nisos to be king of Megara. Pylia bore Pandion his four sons. When Pandion died at Megara, Nisos succeeded him as king. He had a hero shrine at Megara at the Bluff of Athene the Diver-bird. After this death, his other sons returned to Athens and drove out the sons of Metion, putting Aegeus on the throne.

Family

Pandion was the father of Aegeus, Pallas, Nisos, Lycus, and the wife of Sciron by Pylia, daughter of King Pylas of Megara.

Erichthonid Genealogy in Greek mythology

Hḗphaistos                           Erichthonius   Praxithea                                       Pandion I   Zeuxippe                                                                                   Echenais   Erectheus                   Cecrops II   Telphousa                                                                                     Metion   Iphinome     Orneus   Melaina       Pandion II   Pylia                                                                                                                                       Daedalus     Thronia   Peteus   Aethra   Aegeus       Lycus   Ismenis     Nisos                                                                                               Phrasimede   Menestheus           Theseus   Hippolyta       Iobates   Metope                                                                                             Icarus                           Demophon   Phyllis       Amphianax                                                                                                   Oxyntes   Anchiroe                                                                                                                           Apheidas         Thymoetes

Preceded by: Cecrops II

King of Athens (First Rule) Mythic

Succeeded by Unknown sons of Metion

Preceded by: Unknown sons of Metion

King of Athens (Second Rule) Mythic

Succeeded by Aegeus