Caucones

The Kaukonen were according to Strabo and Herodotus, a people in the Peloponnese.

Ethnological affiliation

Otto Abel held the Kaukonen identical with the Cicones, Deimling but assigns them to Leleges who lived in Triphylia and with which the Kaukonen were often mentioned in the course. They were absorbed into the Pelasgians later.

Settlement area

After the Deimling Kaukonen based mainly in Triphylia temporarily but also in Messenia; This author assigns inter alia, the cities Lepreon, Pylos and Andania to. The last news about them we obtained by Herodotus, who mentions the Kaukonen among peoples Triphylia before they were conquered by the Minyae.

Historical data

Homer calls the Kaukonen among the Trojan allies in the Trojan War.