Acmon
Name of several individuals in Greek mythology From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
There are several characters named Acmon or Akmon (Ancient Greek: Ἄκμων means 'anvil, pestle'[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]
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