Ligyron
Λιγύρων
(Λιγύρων), i. e. the whining, is said to have been the original name of Achilles, and to have been changed into Achilles by Cheiron. (Apollod. 3.13.6; comp. ACHILLES.)
From William Smith (ed.), Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology. Text provided under a CC BY-SA license by Perseus Digital Library, http://www.perseus.tufts.edu, with funding from the National Endowment for the Humanities and Tufts University. Data accessed from https://github.com/PerseusDL/canonical-pdlrefwk/ on 17 October 2026.