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:

References

  1. ↑ Argonautica Orphica, 185–187; 721
  2. 1 2 Hyginus, Fabulae, 14
  3. ↑ Scholia on Argonautica, 1. 39
  4. ↑ Apollonius Rhodius, Argonautica, 2.815–834
  5. ↑ Pseudo-Apollodorus, Bibliotheca 1. 9. 23
  6. ↑ Pseudo-Apollodorus, Bibliotheca 2. 1. 5
  7. ↑ Ovid, Metamorphoses, 6. 8
  8. ↑ Virgil, Aeneid, 12. 75
  9. ↑ 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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