Saon
(
Σάων), a mythical lawgiver of Samothrace, is said to have been a son of Zeus by a nymph, or of Hermes by Rhene; he united the scattered inhabitants of Samothrace into one state, which he regulated by laws. (
Diod. 5.48.) Another mythical personage of the same name is mentioned by Pausanias (
9.40.2) as the discoverer of the oracle of Trophonius.
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