Pandíon, onis, The sonne of Erichtheus, kyng of Athens.
Lewis and Short: Latin dictionary
Pandīon, ŏnis, m., = *pandi/wn. I.A king of Athens, father of Progne and Philomela, Hyg. Fab. 48; Ov. M. 6, 426; 676: Pandionis populus, i. e.
the Athenians
, Lucr. 6, 1143: Pandione nata, i. e.
Progne
, Ov. M. 6, 634.—Transf., for the nightingale, Ov. P. 1, 3, 39: Cecropiae Pandionis arces, Mart. 1, 26, 3.—Hence, B. Pandīŏnĭus, a, um, adj., Pandionian: Pandioniae Athenae, Ov. M. 15, 430: Pandionia Orithyia,
the sister of Pandion
, Prop. 1, 20, 31: res Pandioniae,
the Athenian state
, Claud. IV. Cons. Honor. 506: arces,
the citadel of Athens
, id. Rapt. Pros. 2, 19; also called mons, Stat. Th. 2, 720: volucres,
the nightingale and the swallow
, Sen. Octav. 8: cavea,
the Athenian theatre
, Sid. Carm. 23, 137.—II.A son of Jupiter and Luna, Hyg. Fab. praef.