Idmon
In Greek mythology, Idmon was an Argonaut seer. His father is said to have been Apollo but his mortal father was Abas (or Ampycus). His mother was Asteria, daughter of Coronus, or Cyrene, or else Antianeira, daughter of Pheres. By Laothoe he had a son Thestor.[1][2][3] Idmon foresaw his own death in the Argonaut expedition but joined anyway and was killed by a boar in the land of the Mariandyni, in Bithynia.[1][4][5] When in 559 BC the citizens of Megara Heraclea (today's Eregli), they built a temple over the spot he was buried.
Other characters
The name Idmon may also refer to:
- One of the fifty sons of Aegyptus, who married and was killed by the Danaid Pylarge.[6]
- The father of Arachne.[7]
- The herald of Turnus.[8]
- A figure briefly mentioned in Statius' Thebaid. He came from Epidaurus and was portrayed in the poem cleansing his wounds after a battle.[9]
References
- ^ a b Hyginus, Fabulae, 14
- ^ Scholia on Argonautica, 1. 39
- ^ Argonautica Orphica, 185–187; 721
- ^ Apollonius Rhodius, Argonautica, 2.815–834
- ^ Pseudo-Apollodorus, Bibliotheca 1. 9. 23
- ^ Pseudo-Apollodorus, Bibliotheca 2. 1. 5
- ^ Ovid, Metamorphoses, 6. 8
- ^ Virgil, Aeneid, 12. 75
- ^ Statius, Thebaid, 3. 339
Sources
- Grimal, Pierre. Entry for Idmon. The Dictionary of Classical Mythology. Blackwell, 1986. ISBN 0-631-20102-5.
- Seaton, R.C. (editor and translator). Apollonius Rhodius: Argonautica. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard University Press, 1912.
- William Smith, Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, v. 2, page 562, under Idmon
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