Idmon
In Greek mythology, Idmon was an Argonaut seer. Allegedly a son of Apollo, he had Abas (or Ampycus) as his mortal father.[1] His mother was Asteria, daughter of Coronus, or Cyrene, or else Antianeira, daughter of Pheres. By Laothoe he had a son Thestor.[2][3] Idmon foresaw his own death in the Argonaut expedition, but joined anyway. During the outbound voyage of Argo, a boar killed him in the land of the Mariandyni, in Bithynia.[2][4][5]
In 559 BC the citizens of Megara Heraclea (today's Eregli) built a temple over Idmon's grave.
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 Tydeus' wounds after a battle.[9]
References
- ^ Argonautica Orphica, 185–187; 721
- ^ a b Hyginus, Fabulae, 14
- ^ Scholia on Argonautica, 1. 39
- ^ 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. 399
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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