Pelagon

The name Pelagon appears for multiple distinct figures in Greek mythic genealogies and heroic narratives. Attestations include: Pelagon, king of Phocis and son of Amphidamas, who gave Cadmus the cow that guided him to Boeotia; a Pelagon (also called Pelasgus) described as son of the river-god Asopus and the naiad Metope; a Pelagon named as father of the Paeonian warrior Asteropaeus in the Iliad (suggesting an eponymous link to Pelagonia); and individuals named Pelagon who appear among suitors, as one of the Calydonian hunters, or as companions in Trojan War narratives. These references come from the curated summaries of classical sources (as collected in the supplied Wikipedia/Apollodorus/Homer material) and represent separate mythic personages rather than a single supernatural class.

Classical sources provided in the surveyed material do not ascribe a consistent or distinctive physical appearance to a supernatural Pelagon; the name is used for human or semi-divine persons and no common iconography or monstrous description is recorded. Where parentage is noted (for example, a Pelagon son of the river-god Asopus and the naiad Metope), the implication is ordinary heroic/mortal form embedded in divine genealogy rather than a shared nonhuman appearance.

No supernatural powers are attributed to Pelagon in the supplied sources. The recorded functions and behaviors derive from individual biographies: acting as a king and host (the Phocian Pelagon who assists Cadmus), serving as an eponymous ancestor or genealogical father (father of Asteropaeus and possible founder figure for Pelagonia), and participating in heroic activities (Calydonian hunt, presence among suitors, companionship of noted warriors in the Trojan cycle). These roles are social, martial, and genealogical rather than magical.