Aristomachus (mythology)
In Greek mythology, Aristomachus (Ancient Greek: Ἀριστόμαχος, Ἀristómakhos) is a name that may refer to:
- Aristomachus, one of the sons of Talaus. He is the father of Hippomedon.[1]
- Aristomachus, one of the Heracleidae, son of Cleodaeus, a great-grandson of Heracles. He led an attempt to capture Mycenae during the reign of Tisamenus, but, having misinterpreted the oracle, failed and fell in the battle.[2][3] He is the father of Temenus, Cresphontes and Aristodemus.[4][5]
- Aristomachus, one of the suitors of Hippodamia before Pelops, was killed by Oenomaus.[6]
Notes
- Pseudo-Apollodorus, Bibliotheca 1.9.13 & 3.6.3
- Pseudo-Apollodorus, Bibliotheca 2.8.2
- Pausanias, Graeciae Descriptio 2.7.6
- Pausanias, Graeciae Descriptio 2.18.7
- Herodotus, The Histories 6.52
- Pausanias, Graeciae Descriptio 6.21.11
References
- Herodotus, The Histories with an English translation by A. D. Godley. Cambridge. Harvard University Press. 1920. Online version at the Topos Text Project. Greek text available at Perseus Digital Library
- Pausanias, Description of Greece with an English Translation by W.H.S. Jones, Litt.D., and H.A. Ormerod, M.A., in 4 Volumes. Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1918. Online version at the Perseus Digital Library
- Pausanias, Graeciae Descriptio. 3 vols. Leipzig, Teubner. 1903. Greek text available at the Perseus Digital Library.
- Pseudo-Apollodorus, The Library with an English Translation by Sir James George Frazer, F.B.A., F.R.S. in 2 Volumes, Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1921. Online version at the Perseus Digital Library. Greek text available from the same website.
- William Smith's Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology: Aristomachus
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