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Name attributed to several characters in Greek mythology
Acamas or Akamas (;
Ancient Greek : Ἀκάμας,
folk etymology : 'unwearying'
[1] ) was a name attributed to several characters in
Greek mythology . The following three all fought in the
Trojan War , and only the first was not mentioned by
Homer .
Acamas , son of
Theseus , mentioned by
Virgil as being in the
Trojan horse .
[2]
Acamas , son of
Antenor , fought on the side of the
Trojans and killed one Greek.
[3]
Acamas, son of
Eussorus , from
Thrace ,
[4] and thus, could be the brother of
Aenete
[5] and
Cyzicus .
[6] With his comrade
Peiros , son of
Imbrasus , Acamas led a contingent of
Thracian warriors to the
Trojan War .
[7] Acamas was killed by
Ajax
[8] or by
Idomeneus who thrust him out of his chariot and caught him, as he fell, on the tip of his spear.
[9]
Others:
Acamas or Acamans, a
Cyclops that lived in the company of
Pyracmon or Pyragmon in Pelorum (north-east coast of
Sicily ).
[10]
Acamas, one of the
Thebans who laid an ambush for
Tydeus when he returned from Thebes. He was killed by Tydeus.
[11]
Acamas, an
Aetolian in the army of the
Seven against Thebes .
[12]
Acamas, a soldier in the army of the Seven against Thebes. When the two armies attack each other at the gates of the city, the hard-hearted Acamas pierces the Theban horseman
Iphis .
[13]
Acamas, one of the
Suitors of
Penelope who came from
Dulichium along with other 56 wooers.
[14] He, with the other suitors, was slain by
Odysseus with the aid of
Eumaeus ,
Philoetius , and
Telemachus .
[15]
Acamas, one of
Actaeon's dogs.
[16]
Notes
^
Graves, Robert (1960). The Greek Myths . Harmondsworth, London, England: Penguin Books. pp. Index s.v. Acamas.
ISBN
978-0143106715 .
^
Virgil ,
Aeneid 2.262
^ Hyginus, Fabulae 115
^
Homer ,
Iliad 6.8;
Apollodorus ,
Epitome
3.34
^
Apollonius , 1.950;
Orphic Argonautica 502
^
Hyginus , Fabulae 16
^ Homer, Iliad 2.844 & 5.462;
Dictys , 2.35;
Dares , 18
^ Homer, Iliad 6.8
^ Dictys, 3.4
^
Valerius Flaccus ,
1.583
^
Statius ,
Thebaid 3.173
^ Statius, Thebaid 7.589
^ Statius, Thebaid 8.445
^ Apollodorus, Epitome
7.26–27
^ Apollodorus, Epitome 7.33
^ Hyginus, Fabulae 181
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This article incorporates text from a publication now in the
public domain :
Smith, William , ed. (1870). "Acamas".
Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology .