In Greek mythology, Pandion II was a legendary King of Athens, the son and heir of King Cecrops II and Metiadusa, the daughter of Eupalamus. Driven out of Athens by the sons of his uncle Metion, he fled to Megara, where he married Pylia, daughter of King Pylas, and eventually became king of Megara himself. He was the father of Aegeus, Pallas, Nisus, and Lycus, the sons who later returned to Athens and restored the family's rule there.
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I.Family
Pandion was the son and heir of King Cecrops II of Athens and his wife Metiadusa, the daughter of Eupalamus.
He married Pylia, daughter of King Pylas of Megara. By her he became the father of four sons: Aegeus, Pallas, Nisus, and Lycus.
II.Place in the Athenian succession
In the traditional Athenian succession, Pandion II ranks as the eighth king, a position recorded by ancient sources such as the Parian Chronicle and the Bibliotheca. He was preceded by the earlier kings of Athens, from Cecrops I down to his own father Cecrops II, and was succeeded in the Athenian line by his son Aegeus and then by Theseus. The chronographer Castor gives his reign as twenty-five years, dated to 1307/6–1282/1 BC.
Scholars suspect that there was originally only a single Pandion in myth, and that one of the two figures bearing the name was invented to fill out gaps in the mythical chronology of Athens.
III.Exile and kingship at Megara
According to the narrative, Pandion was driven out of Athens by the sons of his uncle Metion, who had seized power. He took refuge at Megara, where he married Pylia, the daughter of King Pylas. When Pylas went into voluntary exile in Messenia, Pandion became king of Megara in his place.
Pandion died at Megara, and his son Nisus succeeded him as king there. He had a hero shrine at Megara, at the Bluff of Athena the Diver-bird. His remaining sons afterwards returned to Athens, drove out the descendants of Metion, and established Aegeus as king.