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（Ἠετίων), a king of the Placian Thebe in Cilicia, and father of Andromache and Podes. (Hom. Il. 6.396, 17.575.) He and seven of his sons were slain by Achilles (Il. 6.415, &c.), who proposed the mighty iron ball, which Eetion had once thrown, and which had come into the possession of Achilles, as one of the prizes at the funeral games of Patroclus. (Il. 23.826, &c.) Among the booty which Achilles made in the town of Eetion, we find especial mention of the horse Pedasus and the phorminx with a silver neck, on which Achilles played in his tent. (Il. 15.153, 9.186.) There are two other mythical personages of this name. (Il. 21.40, &c.; Paus. 2.4.4.)

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William Smith. A Dictionary of Greek and Roman biography and mythology. London. John Murray: printed by Spottiswoode and Co., New-Street Square and Parliament Street. In the article on Soranus, we find: "at this present time (1848)" and this date seems to reflect the dates of works cited. 1873 - probably the printing date.

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