Acmon
There are several characters namedAcmonorAkmon(Ancient Greek:Ἄκμων means 'anvil, pestle'[1]) inGreek mythology:
- Acmon,one of the mythical race ofDactyls.[2]
- Acmon,aPhrygianking who gave his name to the district known asAcmonia.[3]
- Acmon,a mischievous forest creature who lived inThermopylaeor onEuboeabut roamed the world and might turn up anywhere mischief was afoot.[4]
- Acmon, a companion ofDiomedesin Italy. He was turned into a bird.[5]
- Acmon, the Aenead,son ofClytius(son ofAeolus), a friend ofAeneasinRoman mythology.Together with his father, they followed Aeneas in his exile after the fall of Troy.[6]
Notes[edit]
- ^Graves, Robert(2017).The Greek Myths - The Complete and Definitive Edition.Penguin Books Limited. pp. Index s.v. Acmon.ISBN9780241983386.
- ^Strabo,10.3.22
- ^William Smith.A Dictionary of Greek and Roman biography and mythology.s.v.Mygdon
- ^Homerica,The Cercopes(fromSudas.v. Kerkopes)
- ^Ovid,Metamorphoses14.484
- ^Virgil,Aeneid10.129
References[edit]
- Graves, Robert,The Greek Myths,Harmondsworth, London, England, Penguin Books, 1960.ISBN978-0143106715
- Graves, Robert,The Greek Myths: The Complete and Definitive Edition.Penguin Books Limited. 2017.ISBN978-0-241-98338-6,024198338X
- Publius Ovidius Naso,Metamorphosestranslated by Brookes More (1859–1942). Boston, Cornhill Publishing Co. 1922.Online version at the Perseus Digital Library.
- Publius Ovidius Naso,Metamorphoses.Hugo Magnus. Gotha (Germany). Friedr. Andr. Perthes. 1892.Latin text available at the Perseus Digital Library.
- Publius Vergilius Maro,Aeneid.Theodore C. Williams. trans. Boston. Houghton Mifflin Co. 1910.Online version at the Perseus Digital Library.
- Publius Vergilius Maro,Bucolics, Aeneid, and Georgics.J. B. Greenough. Boston. Ginn & Co. 1900.Latin text available at the Perseus Digital Library.
- Strabo,The Geography of Strabo.Edition by H.L. Jones. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press; London: William Heinemann, Ltd. 1924.Online version at the Perseus Digital Library.
- Strabo,Geographicaedited by A. Meineke. Leipzig: Teubner. 1877.Greek text available at the Perseus Digital Library.
- Suida,Suda Encyclopediatranslated by Ross Scaife, David Whitehead, William Hutton, Catharine Roth, Jennifer Benedict, Gregory Hays, Malcolm Heath Sean M. Redmond, Nicholas Fincher, Patrick Rourke, Elizabeth Vandiver, Raphael Finkel, Frederick Williams, Carl Widstrand, Robert Dyer, Joseph L. Rife, Oliver Phillips and many others.Online version at the Topos Text Project.
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