Cercyon

Two distinct attestations of Cercyon appear in surviving summaries of Greek tradition. In the Theseus cycle, summarized in the Epitome of Theseus (as preserved in Legendary Passages summaries and collective accounts of Theseus's labours), Cercyon is listed among the roadside malefactors whom Theseus kills while 'clearing the road to Athens' (source: The Epitome of Theseus, Legendary Passages summary; Archive LP0011). Separately, Pausanias (as noted in reference summaries such as the Wikipedia entry) records a Cercyon in a genealogical context as 'son of Agamedes and father of Hippothous' — an ancestral or local-historical usage of the name. The provided sources do not specify any direct relationship between the two attestations, and treat them as separate uses of the same name.

The supplied sources give no detailed physical description for Cercyon. In the narrative listing of Theseus's opponents he functions as one of several violent local brigands (grouped with figures such as Sciron and Procrustes), which implies a role as a dangerous human opponent or strongman in roadside confrontations, but no unique monstrous or physical traits are described in the quoted materials.

No supernatural powers or special abilities are attributed to Cercyon in the provided excerpts. In the Theseus-cycle context he is characterized by behavior — a 'malefactor' or brigand who threatened travelers and was overcome by the hero — rather than by magic or otherworldly faculties. The genealogical mention records only familial relationships (son of Agamedes, father of Hippothous) and provides no behavioral information beyond lineage.