Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology/Mecon

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Various Authors2154482Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology — Mecon1870William Smith

MECON (MT]/fwi'), i.e. a poppy, is said to have been the name of an Athenian whom Demeter loved, and who was metamorphosed into a poppy plant. (Serv. ad Virg. Georg. i. 212; Callim. Hymn, in Cer. 45; Theocrit. vii. in fin.)

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