This figure was assigned to his post either by a Titan who feared despoliation of his daughters by a son of Zeus, or by a goddess who was irritated at those daughters.
One being with this name was a river god whose daughters included Metope, the wife of Asopus. Another daughter of his was an Arcadian nymph named either Nicostrate or Themis, who married Echenus, but bore Evander to Hermes. According to Hesiod, another one had parents and siblings who represented the dangers of the sea. This figure was assigned to his post either by a Titan who feared despoliation of his daughters by a son of Zeus, or by a goddess who was irritated at those daughters. This figure was said to be able speak in many different voices and it became immortalized as the constellation Draco. Attested as either the offspring of Ceto and Phorcys, or of Typhon and Echidna, FTP, name this hundred-headed serpent killed during the eleventh labor of Hercules, a monster who was set to guard the golden apples of the Hesperides.
One being with this name was a river god whose daughters included Metope, the wife of Asopus.
Ladon