ωνος (ὁ) [ῑ] Skirôn, brigand tué par Thésée, XÉN. Mem. 2, 1, 14 ; ARSTT. Rhet. 33, etc.

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ωνος, ὁ, Attic name for the wind which blew from the Scironian rocks in the Isthmus of Corinth, Arist. Vent. 973b19 (written Σκίρρων), Thphr. Vent. 62, Str. 1.2.20, 9.1.4, CIG 518 (i BC); but it is a north-west wind, like Ἀργέστης, in Arist. Mete. 363b25. a mythical robber who haunted the rocks between Attica and Megara, killed by Theseus, X. Mem. 2.1.14, Pl. Tht. 169a, etc. ; Σκίρωνος ἀκτή or ἀκταί the coast near these rocks, S. Fr. 24.6, E. Hipp. 1208; the adjacent sea was Σκιρωνικὸν οἶδμα θαλάσσης, Simon. 114.3; the rocks themselves Σκιρωνίδες πέτραι, E. Hipp. 979, Heracl. 860, Str. 1.2.20, 9.1.4; without πέτραι, Plb. 16.16.4; written Σκιρρωνίδες in Arist. Vent. l.c. ; Σκιρωνὶς ὁδός the road from Athens to Megara, Hdt. 8.71. (Σκίρων is thus written on vases, Kretschmer Griech. Vaseninschr. p. 133; Σκειρ- (codd. Simon., etc.) and Σκιρρ- are misspellings.)