Idmon (Argonaut)
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In Greek mythology, Idmon (Ancient Greek: Ἴδμων means "having knowledge of") was an Argonaut seer.
Family
Allegedly a son of Apollo, he had Abas (or Ampycus) as his mortal father.Argonautica Orphica, 185–187; 721 His mother was Asteria, daughter of Coronus, or Cyrene, or else Antianeira, daughter of Pheres. By Laothoe he had a son Thestor.Hyginus, Fabulae, 14Scholia on Argonautica, 1.139
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|+Comparative table of Idmon's family ! rowspan="2" |Relation ! rowspan="2" |Names ! colspan="5" |Sources |
| Pherecydes
|Apollonius |Hyginus |Orphic |Schol. ad Apollon. |
| rowspan="6" |Parentage
|Apollo and Asteria |✓ | | | |✓ |
| Apollo
| |✓ | | | |
| Abas
| |✓ | | | |
| Apollo and Cyrene
| | |✓ | | |
| Abas and Cyrene
| | |✓ | | |
| Apollo and Antianeira
| | | |✓ | |
| Spouse
|Laothoe | | | | |✓ |
| Offspring
|Thestor | | | | |✓ |
Mythology
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.Apollonius Rhodius, Argonautica, 2.815–834Apollodorus, 1.9.23.
In 559 BC, the citizens of Megara Heraclea (today's Eregli) built a temple over Idmon's grave.
Notes
References
- 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. ISBN 0-674-99135-4. [http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:1999.01.0022 Online version at the Perseus Digital Library.] [http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:1999.01.0021 Greek text available from the same website].
- Apollonius Rhodius, Argonautica translated by Robert Cooper Seaton (1853-1915), R. C. Loeb Classical Library Volume 001. London, William Heinemann Ltd, 1912. [https://topostext.org/work/126 Online version at the Topos Text Project.]
- Apollonius Rhodius, Argonautica. George W. Mooney. London. Longmans, Green. 1912. [http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:1999.01.0227 Greek text available at the Perseus Digital Library].
- Gaius Julius Hyginus, Fabulae from The Myths of Hyginus translated and edited by Mary Grant. University of Kansas Publications in Humanistic Studies. [https://topostext.org/work/206 Online version at the Topos Text Project.]
- Homer, The Iliad with an English Translation by A.T. Murray, Ph.D. in two volumes. Cambridge, MA., Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann, Ltd. 1924. {{ISBN|978-0674995796}}. [http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:1999.01.0134 Online version at the Perseus Digital Library.]
- Homer, Homeri Opera in five volumes. Oxford, Oxford University Press. 1920. {{ISBN|978-0198145318}}. [http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:1999.01.0133 Greek text available at the Perseus Digital Library].
- The Orphic Argonautica, translated by Jason Colavito. © Copyright 2011. [https://topostext.org/work/549 Online version at the Topos Text Project.]
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