Echi'on
(
Ἐχίων).
1. One of the five surviving Spartae that had grown up from the dragon's teeth, which Cadmus had sown. (
Apollod. 3.4.1;
Hyg. Fab. 178;
Ov. Met. 3.126.)
He was married to Agave, by whom he became the father of Pentheus. (
Apollod. 3.5.2.)
He is said to have dedicated a temple of Cybele in Boeotia, and to have assisted Cadmus in the building of Thebes. (
Ov. Met. 10.68(6.)