MARON

1. A son of Evanthes (some also call him a son of Oenopion, Seilenus or of Bacchus, and a pupil of Seilenus and grandson of Dionysus and Ariadne, was a priest of Apollo at Maroneia in Thrace, where he himself had a sanctuary. He was the hero of sweet wine, and is mentioned among the companions of Dionysus.

2. A son of Orsiphantus, and brother of Alpheius, a Spartan hero, who had fallen at Thermopylae, and was afterwards honoured with a heroum at Sparta. (The History of Herodotus VII)