Medon

In Greek mythology, there were four people called Medon (Ancient Greek: Μέδων, gen.: Μέδοντος).

1. Medon is the faithful herald of Odysseus in Homer’s Odyssey. Following the advice of his son Telemachus, Odysseus spares Medon’s life after murdering the suitors who had been plaguing his halls in his homeland of Ithaca.^[1] Medon attempts to return the favor by speaking on behalf of his master, claiming that Odysseus' violence was not unwarranted by the gods.^[2]
2. Stepbrother of Ajax the Lesser and son of Oileus, king of Locris. In the Trojan War, he took over Philoctetes' army after Philoctetes was bitten by a snake and left on Lemnos because the wound festered and smelled bad. Medon was killed by Aeneas.
3. Medon, the son of Codrus, was the first archon of Athens.
4. Medon, the son of Pylades and Electra and brother of Strophius.

References

Homer. Odyssey. Trans. Stanley Lombardo. Canada: Hackett Publishing Company, Inc., 2000. Print.

Homer. Iliad, II, 727; XV, 332.