Phaon

thumb|right|300px|Sappho and Phaon|Sappho, Phaon, and Cupid. [[Jacques-Louis David, 1809]]

Phaon (Ancient Greek: Φάων; gen.: Φάωνος) was a boatman of Mytilene in Lesbos in Greek mythology. He was old and ugly when Aphrodite came to his boat. She put on the guise of a crone. Phaon ferried her over to Asia Minor and accepted no payment for doing so. In return, she gave him a box of ointment. When he rubbed it on himself, he became young and beautiful. Many were captivated by his beauty.