Σκίρων

A. which blew from the Scironian rocks in the Isthmus of Corinth, Arist. Vent. 973b19 (written Σκίρρων), Thphr. Vent. 62, Str. 1.2.20, 9.1.4, CIG 518 (i B.C.); but it is a north-west wind, like Ἀργέστης, in Arist. Mete. 363b25.

II. a mythical robber who haunted the rocks between Attica and Megara, killed by Theseus, X. Mem. 2.1.14, Pl. Tht. 169a, etc.; Σκίρωνος ἀκτή or ἀκταί the coast near these rocks, S. Fr. 24.6, E. Hipp. 1208; the adjacent sea was Σκιρωνικὸν οἶδμα θαλάσσης, Simon. 114.3; the rocks themselves Σκιρωνίδες πέτραι, E. Hipp. 979, Heracl. 860, Str. 1.2.20, 9.1.4; without πέτραι, Plb. 16.16.4; written Σκιρρωνίδες in Arist. Vent. l.c.; Σκιρωνὶς ὁδός the road from Athens to Megara, Hdt. 8.71. (Σκίρων is thus written on vases, Kretschmer Griech. Vaseninschr. p.133; Σκειρ‐ (codd. Simon., etc.) and Σκιρρ‐ are misspellings.)