Idmon (Argonaut)
In Greek mythology, Idmon (Ancient Greek: Ἴδμων means "having knowledge of") was an Argonaut seer.
Family
Allegedly a son of
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
Idmon foresaw his own death in the Argonaut expedition, but joined anyway. During the outbound voyage of
In 559 BC, the citizens of Megara Heraclea (today's Eregli) built a temple over Idmon's grave.
Notes
- Argonautica Orphica, 185–187; 721
- ^ Hyginus, Fabulae, 14
- ^ Scholia on Argonautica, 1.139
- Apollonius Rhodius, Argonautica, 2.815–834
- ^ Pseudo-Apollodorus, Bibliotheca 1. 9. 23
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. 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, Homeri Opera in five volumes. Oxford, Oxford University Press. 1920. .
- The Orphic Argonautica, translated by Jason Colavito. © Copyright 2011. Online version at the Topos Text Project.