Sciron
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- Family
- Mythology
- Sciron, the robber
- Sciron, the warlord
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- References
thumb|right|300px|Sciron beaten by Theseus, Attic red-figure cup, 500–490 BC, [[Louvre (G 104).]]
In Greek mythology, Sciron, also Sceiron, Skeirôn and Scyron, (; gen.: Σκίρωνoς) was one of the malefactors killed by Theseus on the way from Troezen to Athens. He was a famous Corinthian bandit who haunted the frontier between Attica and Megaris.
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