Biston

== Genealogy ==

== Genealogy ==

In the ''Ethnica'' by the 6th-century AD grammarian [[Stephanus of Byzantium]], Biston is said to be the son of [[Ares]] and [[Callirhoe (Greek mythology)|Callirrhoe]],{{Cite book|last=Smith|first=The Rev. T.|title=A Classical Dictionary|last2=Lempriere|first2=D. D.|publisher=T. Allman, 42, Holborn Hill.|year=1833|location=London|pages=119|id=ark:/13960/t6154g56x}}Hoefer, para. 1. the daughter of [[Nestos (river)|Nestus]], a [[River gods (Greek mythology)|river god]]. His two brothers are called [[Odomas]] and [[Edonus]] (eponyms of two Thracian tribes, the [[Odomanti]] and the [[Edoni]]).Hoefer, para. 1; [[Stephanus of Byzantium]] s.v. Bistonia. Alternately, Stephanus writes, he was considered the son of [[Paean (disambiguation)|Paeon]] and a grandson of Ares.Hoefer, para. 1. A scholiast on [[Apollonius of Rhodes]], citing the Hellenistic writer [[Philostephanus]], reports that Biston was the offspring of [[Cicon]].Hoefer, para. 1; [[Philostephanus]], ''apud'' Scholia on [[Apollonius of Rhodes]], 2.704. According to the 12th-century AD lexicon ''[[Etymologicum Magnum]]'', he was the son of [[Terpsichore]], one of the [[Muses]].''[[Etymologicum Magnum]]'' [[iarchive:etymologikontome00etymuoft/page/n109/mode/1up|197.59 under ''Bistoniē'']].

In the ''Ethnica'' by the 6th-century AD grammarian [[Stephanus of Byzantium]], Biston is said to be the son of [[Ares]] and [[Callirhoe (Greek mythology)|Callirrhoe]],{{Cite book|last=Smith|first=The Rev. T.|title=A Classical Dictionary|last2=Lempriere|first2=D. D.|publisher=T. Allman, 42, Holborn Hill.|year=1833|location=London|pages=119|id=ark:/13960/t6154g56x}}Hoefer, para. 1; [[Stephanus of Byzantium]] s.v. Bistonia (Billerbeck, pp. 352–353). the daughter of [[Nestos (river)|Nestus]], a [[River gods (Greek mythology)|river god]]. His two brothers are called [[Odomas]] and [[Edonus]] (eponyms of two Thracian tribes, the [[Odomanti]] and the [[Edoni]]). Alternately, Stephanus writes, he was considered the son of [[Paean (disambiguation)|Paeon]] and a grandson of Ares.Hoefer, para. 1; [[Stephanus of Byzantium]] s.v. Bistonia (Billerbeck, pp. 352–353). A scholiast on [[Apollonius of Rhodes]], citing the Hellenistic writer [[Philostephanus]], reports that Biston was the offspring of [[Cicon]].Hoefer, para. 1; [[Philostephanus]], ''apud'' Scholia on [[Apollonius of Rhodes]], 2.704. According to the 12th-century AD lexicon ''[[Etymologicum Magnum]]'', he was the son of [[Terpsichore]], one of the [[Muses]].''[[Etymologicum Magnum]]'' [[iarchive:etymologikontome00etymuoft/page/n109/mode/1up|197.59 under ''Bistoniē'']].

== Mythology ==

== Mythology ==