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In Greek mythology, Metion was the name of the man who usurped Pandion's throne and was then overthrown by Pandion's four sons: Aegeas, Nisos, Lykos and Pallas. Metion was the brother of Cecrops and Pandorus and Erichthronius[?] was his father.

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