Acamas

Acamas or Akamas (/ɑːˈkɑːmɑːs/; Ancient Greek: Ἀκάμας, folk etymology: "unwearying") was a name attributed to several characters in Greek mythology. The following three all fought in the Trojan War, and only the first was not mentioned by Homer.

  • Acamas, son of Theseus, mentioned by Virgil as being in the Trojan horse.
  • Acamas, son of Eussorus, from Thrace.[1] With his comrade Peiros, son of Imbrasus, Acamas led a contingent of Thracian warriors to the Trojan War.[2] He was killed by Ajax.[3] Acamas was also the brother of Aenete and Cyzicus.
  • Acamas, son of Antenor, fought on the side of the Trojans and killed one Greek.[4]
  • Acamas, one of the suitors of Penelope.[5]
  • Acamas, one of the Thebans who laid an ambush for Tydeus when he returned from Thebes. He was killed by Tydeus.[6]
  • Acamas, an Aetolian in the army of the Seven Against Thebes.[7]
  • Acamas, a soldier in the army of the Seven against Thebes. When the two armies attack each other at the gates of the city, the hard-hearted Acamas pierces the Theban horseman Iphis.[8]
  • Acamas, one of Actaeon's dogs.[9]
  • Acamas or Acamans, a Cyclops that lived in the company of Pyracmon or Pyragmon in Pelorum (north-east coast of Sicily).[10]

References

  1. ↑ Pseudo-Apollodorus. Bibliotheca, Epitome 3.34
  2. ↑ Homer. Iliad, ii. 844, v. 462.
  3. ↑ Homer. Iliad, vi. 8.
  4. ↑ Hyginus, Fabulae 115.
  5. ↑ Apollodorus, Epitome 7.27 Translated by Sir James George Frazer, Ed. F.B.A., F.R.S. in 2 Volumes. Cambridge, Massachusetts, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1921. Includes Frazer's notes.
  6. ↑ Statius, Thebaid Book 3.173 Translated By J. H. Mozley, J H. Loeb Classical Library Volumes . Cambridge, Massachusetts, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1928.
  7. ↑ Statius, Thebaid Book 7.589 Translated By J. H. Mozley, J H. Loeb Classical Library Volumes . Cambridge, Massachusetts, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1928.
  8. ↑ Statius. Thebaid, 8; 445
  9. ↑ Hyginus, Fabulae 181. Translated and edited by Mary Grant. University of Kansas Publications in Humanistic Studies, no. 34. Lawrence: University of Kansas Press, 1960.
  10. ↑ Valerius Flaccus. Argonautica, 1.583

Sources

  •  This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Smith, William, ed. (1870). "Acamas". Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology.
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