Acmon
There are several characters named Acmon (Ancient Greek: Ἄκμων) in Greek mythology:
- Acmon (Dactyl), one of the mythical race of Dactyls.[1]
- Acmon of Phrygia, Phrygian king who gave his name to the district known as Acmonia.[2]
- Acmon (Cercops), a mischievous forest creature who lived in Thermopylae or on Euboea but roamed the world and might turn up anywhere mischief was afoot
- Acmon, a companion of Diomedes in Italy. He was turned into a bird.[3]
- Acmon, the Aenead, son of Clytius (son of Aeolus), a friend of Aeneas in Roman mythology. Together with his father, they followed Aeneas in his exile after the fall of Troy.[4]
References
- ^ Strabo. Geography, Book 10.3.22
- ^ William Smith. A Dictionary of Greek and Roman biography and mythology. s.v. Mygdon
- ^ Ovid. Metamorphoses, Book 14.484
- ^ Virgil. Aeneid, Book 10.129
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