There are several characters named Acmon or Akmon (Ancient Greek: Ἄκμων) in Greek mythology:
- Acmon (Dactyl), one of the mythical race of Dactyls.[1]
- Acmon of Phrygia, Phrygian king who gave his name to the district known as Acmonia.[2]
- Acmon (Cercops), a mischievous forest creature who lived in Thermopylae or on Euboea but roamed the world and might turn up anywhere mischief was afoot
- Acmon, a companion of Diomedes in Italy. He was turned into a bird.[3]
- Acmon, the Aenead, son of Clytius (son of Aeolus), a friend of Aeneas in Roman mythology. Together with his father, they followed Aeneas in his exile after the fall of Troy.[4]
Notes
- ^ Strabo, Geographica 10.3.22
- ^ William Smith. A Dictionary of Greek and Roman biography and mythology. s.v. Mygdon
- ^ Ovid, Metamorphoses 14.484
- ^ Virgil, Aeneid 10.129
References
- Publius Ovidius Naso, Metamorphoses translated 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, Geographica edited by A. Meineke. Leipzig: Teubner. 1877. Greek text available at the Perseus Digital Library.