Acessamenus
| Acastus | |
|---|---|
| King of Pieria, Founder and eponym of Akesamenai, a city in Macedonia | |
| Abode | Pieria |
| Offspring | Periboea |
In Greek mythology, Acessamenus (Ancient Greek: Ἀκεσσαμενοῖο) was a king of Pieria. He was known as the founder and eponym of Akesamenai, a city in Macedonia.[1]
Mythology
In the Iliad, Acessamenus is mentioned as father of several daughters, the eldest of whom, Periboea, had a son Pelagon by the river god Axius; Pelagon, in his turn, was the father of the Trojan ally Asteropaios.[2]
Meanwhile the son of Peleus (i.e. Achilles) bearing his far-shadowing spear leapt, eager to slay him, upon Asteropaeus, son of Pelegon, that was begotten of wide-flowing Axius and Periboea, eldest of the daughters of Acessamenus; for with her lay the deep-eddying River.
References
- ↑ Stephanus of Byzantium s. v. Akesamenai
- ↑ Homer, Iliad, 21. 142–144 with an English Translation by A. T. Murray, Ph.D. in two volumes. Cambridge, MA., Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann, Ltd. 1924.
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