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{{Short description|Name of several individuals in Greek mythology}} | {{Short description|Name of several individuals in Greek mythology}} | ||
There are several characters named '''Acmon''' or '''Akmon''' ( | There are several characters named '''Acmon''' or '''Akmon''' ({{langx|grc|Ἄκμων||anvil}}<ref>Beekes, p. 52.</ref>) in [[Greek mythology]]: | ||
* [[Acmon (Dactyl)|Acmon]], one of the mythical race of [[Dactyl (mythology)|Dactyls]].<ref>[[Strabo]], 10.3.22</ref> | * [[Acmon (Dactyl)|Acmon]], one of the mythical race of [[Dactyl (mythology)|Dactyls]].<ref>[[Strabo]], 10.3.22</ref> | ||
*[[Acmon of Phrygia|Acmon]], a [[Phrygians|Phrygian]] king who gave his name to the district known as [[Acmonia]].<ref>[[William Smith (lexicographer)|William Smith]]. ''[[Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology|A Dictionary of Greek and Roman biography and mythology]]''. ''s.v. [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.04.0104%3Aalphabetic+letter%3DM%3Aentry+group%3D32%3Aentry%3Dmygdon-bio-2 Mygdon]''</ref> | *[[Acmon of Phrygia|Acmon]], a [[Phrygians|Phrygian]] king who gave his name to the district known as [[Acmonia]].<ref>[[William Smith (lexicographer)|William Smith]]. ''[[Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology|A Dictionary of Greek and Roman biography and mythology]]''. ''s.v. [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.04.0104%3Aalphabetic+letter%3DM%3Aentry+group%3D32%3Aentry%3Dmygdon-bio-2 Mygdon]''</ref> | ||
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* Acmon, a companion of [[Diomedes]] in Italy. He was turned into a bird.<ref>[[Ovid]], ''[[Metamorphoses]]'' 14.484</ref> | * Acmon, a companion of [[Diomedes]] in Italy. He was turned into a bird.<ref>[[Ovid]], ''[[Metamorphoses]]'' 14.484</ref> | ||
* [[Aeneads|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.<ref>[[Virgil]], ''[[Aeneid]]'' 10.129</ref> | * [[Aeneads|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.<ref>[[Virgil]], ''[[Aeneid]]'' 10.129</ref> | ||
* [[Acmon (father of Uranus)|Acmon]], the child of [[Gaia]] (Earth) and the father of [[Uranus (mythology)|Uranus]] (Sky) | * [[Acmon (father of Uranus)|Acmon]], the child of [[Gaia]] (Earth) and the father of [[Uranus (mythology)|Uranus]] (Sky) in an early Greek theogony.<ref>''[[Brill's New Pauly]]'', s.v. Acmon (2).</ref> | ||
== Notes == | == Notes == | ||
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== References == | == References == | ||
* [[Robert S. P. Beekes|Beekes, Robert S. P.]], ''Etymological Dictionary of Greek'', Leiden, Brill, 2009. {{ISBN|978-90-04-17418-4}}. [https://archive.org/details/etymological-dictionary-of-greek_202306/page/n1/mode/2up Internet Archive]. | |||
* [[Robert | *[[Ovid]], ''[[Metamorphoses]]'' translated by Brookes More (1859–1942). Boston, Cornhill Publishing Co. 1922. [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:1999.02.0028 Online version at the Perseus Digital Library.] | ||
* Ovid, ''Metamorphoses.'' Hugo Magnus. Gotha (Germany). Friedr. Andr. Perthes. 1892. [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:1999.02.0029 Latin text available at the Perseus Digital Library]. | |||
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* [[Strabo]], ''[[Geographica|The Geography of Strabo]].'' Edition by H.L. Jones. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press; London: William Heinemann, Ltd. 1924. [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.01.0198%3Abook%3D6%3Achapter%3D1%3Asection%3D1 Online version at the Perseus Digital Library.] | * [[Strabo]], ''[[Geographica|The Geography of Strabo]].'' Edition by H.L. Jones. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press; London: William Heinemann, Ltd. 1924. [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.01.0198%3Abook%3D6%3Achapter%3D1%3Asection%3D1 Online version at the Perseus Digital Library.] | ||
* Strabo, ''Geographica'' edited by A. Meineke. Leipzig: Teubner. 1877. [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:1999.01.0197 Greek text available at the Perseus Digital Library.] | * Strabo, ''Geographica'' edited by A. Meineke. Leipzig: Teubner. 1877. [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:1999.01.0197 Greek text available at the Perseus Digital Library.] | ||
*[[Suda | *[[Suda]], ''Suda Encyclopedia'' translated 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. [https://topostext.org/work/240 Online version at the Topos Text Project.] | ||
* [[Virgil]], ''[[Aeneid]].'' Theodore C. Williams. trans. Boston. Houghton Mifflin Co. 1910. [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.02.0054%3Abook%3D1%3Acard%3D1 Online version at the Perseus Digital Library.] | |||
* Virgil, ''Bucolics, Aeneid, and Georgics''. J. B. Greenough. Boston. Ginn & Co. 1900. [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:1999.02.0055 Latin text available at the Perseus Digital Library]. | |||
==Further reading== | |||
* [[Rudolf Pfeiffer|Pfeiffer, Rudolf]], ''Callimachus. Volumen I: Fragmenta'', Oxford, E. Typographeo Clarendoniano, 1949. pp. 368–369. | |||
{{Metamorphoses in Greco-Roman mythology}} | {{Metamorphoses in Greco-Roman mythology}} | ||
Latest revision as of 01:30, 8 December 2025
Template:Short description There are several characters named Acmon or Akmon (Template:Langx[1]) in Greek mythology:
- Acmon, one of the mythical race of Dactyls.[2]
- Acmon, a Phrygian king who gave his name to the district known as Acmonia.[3]
- Acmon, a mischievous forest creature who lived in Thermopylae or on Euboea but roamed the world and might turn up anywhere mischief was afoot.[4]
- Acmon, a companion of Diomedes in Italy. He was turned into a bird.[5]
- 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.[6]
- Acmon, the child of Gaia (Earth) and the father of Uranus (Sky) in an early Greek theogony.[7]
Notes
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- ↑ Beekes, p. 52.
- ↑ Strabo, 10.3.22
- ↑ William Smith. A Dictionary of Greek and Roman biography and mythology. s.v. Mygdon
- ↑ Homerica, The Cercopes (from Suda s.v. Kerkopes)
- ↑ Ovid, Metamorphoses 14.484
- ↑ Virgil, Aeneid 10.129
- ↑ Brill's New Pauly, s.v. Acmon (2).
References
- Beekes, Robert S. P., Etymological Dictionary of Greek, Leiden, Brill, 2009. Template:ISBN. Internet Archive.
- Ovid, Metamorphoses translated by Brookes More (1859–1942). Boston, Cornhill Publishing Co. 1922. Online version at the Perseus Digital Library.
- Ovid, Metamorphoses. Hugo Magnus. Gotha (Germany). Friedr. Andr. Perthes. 1892. 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.
- Suda, Suda Encyclopedia translated 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.
- Virgil, Aeneid. Theodore C. Williams. trans. Boston. Houghton Mifflin Co. 1910. Online version at the Perseus Digital Library.
- Virgil, Bucolics, Aeneid, and Georgics. J. B. Greenough. Boston. Ginn & Co. 1900. Latin text available at the Perseus Digital Library.
Further reading
- Pfeiffer, Rudolf, Callimachus. Volumen I: Fragmenta, Oxford, E. Typographeo Clarendoniano, 1949. pp. 368–369.
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