The Crommyonian Sow was a
wild pig that ravaged the region around the village of
Crommyon between
Megara and
Corinth, and was eventually slain by
Theseus in his early adventures. According to the
Bibliotheca of Pseudo-Apollodorus, it was said by some to be the daughter of
Echidna and
Typhon, and was named after the old woman who raised it. According to
Strabo, the sow was said to be the mother of the
Calydonian Boar.
Gaius Julius Hyginus says that the pig Theseus killed at Crommyon was a boar.
Plutarch repeats the story, but states that he had also been told that Phaia herself was a murderous female
robber, and was nicknamed "Sow" because of her obese children and uncouth manners, and that she was the "sow" killed by Theseus. ==Notes==