In Greek mythology, Idmon (Ancient Greek: Ἴδμων means "having knowledge of") was an Argonaut seer.
Family[edit]
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]
| Relation | Names | Sources | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pherecydes | Apollonius | Hyginus | Orphic | Schol. ad Apollon. | ||
| Parentage | Apollo and Asteria | ✓ | ✓ | |||
| Apollo | ✓ | |||||
| Abas | ✓ | |||||
| Apollo and Cyrene | ✓ | |||||
| Abas and Cyrene | ✓ | |||||
| Apollo and Antianeira | ✓ | |||||
| Spouse | Laothoe | ✓ | ||||
| Offspring | Thestor | ✓ | ||||
Mythology[edit]
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.
Notes[edit]
- ^ Argonautica Orphica, 185–187; 721
- ^ a b Hyginus, Fabulae, 14
- ^ Scholia on Argonautica, 1.139
- ^ Apollonius Rhodius, Argonautica, 2.815–834
- ^ Pseudo-Apollodorus, Bibliotheca 1. 9. 23
References[edit]
- 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. Online version at the Perseus Digital Library. 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. Online version at the Topos Text Project.
- Apollonius Rhodius, Argonautica. George W. Mooney. London. Longmans, Green. 1912. 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. 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. Online version at the Perseus Digital Library.
- Homer, Homeri Opera in five volumes. Oxford, Oxford University Press. 1920. ISBN 978-0198145318. Greek text available at the Perseus Digital Library.
- The Orphic Argonautica, translated by Jason Colavito. © Copyright 2011. Online version at the Topos Text Project.