Name attributed to several characters in Greek mythology
Acamas orAkamas (/ɑː ˈ k ɑː m ɑː s Ancient Greek : Ἀκάμας) was a name attributed to several characters inGreek mythology . The following three all fought in theTrojan War , and only the first was not mentioned byHomer .
Acamas , son ofTheseus , mentioned byVirgil as being in theTrojan horse .[ 1] Acamas , son ofAntenor , fought on the side of theTrojans and killed one Greek.[ 2] Acamas, son ofEussorus , fromThrace ,[ 3] Aenete [ 4] Cyzicus .[ 5] Peiros , son ofImbrasus , Acamas led a contingent ofThracian warriors to theTrojan War .[ 6] Ajax [ 7] Idomeneus who thrust him out of his chariot and caught him, as he fell, on the tip of his spear.[ 8] Others:
Acamas or Acamans, aCyclops that lived in the company ofPyracmon or Pyragmon in Pelorum (north-east coast ofSicily ).[ 9] Acamas, one of theThebans who laid an ambush forTydeus when he returned from Thebes. He was killed by Tydeus.[ 10] Acamas, anAetolian in the army of theSeven against Thebes .[ 11] 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 horsemanIphis .[ 12] Acamas, one of theSuitors ofPenelope who came fromDulichium along with other 56 wooers.[ 13] Odysseus with the aid ofEumaeus ,Philoetius , andTelemachus .[ 14] Acamas, one ofActaeon's dogs.[ 15] ^ Virgil ,Aeneid 2.262 ^ Hyginus ,Fabulae 115 ^ Homer ,Iliad 6.8 ;Apollodorus ,E.3.34 ^ Apollonius Rhodius ,1.950 ;Orphic Argonautica 502 ^ Hyginus,Fabulae 16 ^ Homer,Iliad 2.844 & 5.462;Dictys Cretensis ,2.35 ;Dares Phrygius ,18 ^ Homer,Iliad 6.8 ^ Dictys Cretensis,3.4 ^ Valerius Flaccus ,1.583 ^ Statius ,Thebaid 3.173 ^ Statius,Thebaid 7.589 ^ Statius,Thebaid 8.445 ^ Apollodorus,E.7.26 –27 ^ Apollodorus,E.7.33 ^ Hyginus,Fabulae 181 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 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 . Dares Phrygius ,from The Trojan War. The Chronicles ofDictys of Crete and Dares the Phrygian translated by Richard McIlwaine Frazer, Jr. (1931–). Indiana University Press. 1966.Online version at theio.com Dictys Cretensis , from The Trojan War. The Chronicles of Dictys of Crete andDares the Phrygian translated by Richard McIlwaine Frazer, Jr. (1931–). Indiana University Press. 1966.Online version at the Topos Text Project. 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. Gaius Valerius Flaccus ,Argonautica translated by Mozley, J H. Loeb Classical Library Volume 286. Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1928.Online version at theio.com. Gaius Valerius Flaccus,Argonauticon. Otto Kramer. Leipzig. Teubner. 1913.Latin text available at the Perseus Digital Library. Homer ,The Iliad 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 Online version at the Topos Text Project. Publius Papinius Statius ,The Thebaid translated by John Henry Mozley. Loeb Classical Library Volumes. Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1928.Online version at the Topos Text Project. Publius Papinius Statius,The Thebaid. Vol I-II . John Henry Mozley. London: William Heinemann; New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons. 1928.Latin text available at the Perseus Digital Library. Publius Vergilius Maro ,Aeneid .Online version at the Perseus Digital Library. Publius Vergilius Maro,Bucolics, Aeneid, and Georgics . J. B. Greenough. Boston. Ginn & Co. 1900.Latin text available at the Perseus Digital Library .
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