Editing Acamas

{{Short description|Name attributed to several characters in Greek mythology}}
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'''Acamas''' or '''Akamas''' ({{IPAc-en|ɑː|ˈ|k|ɑː|m|ɑː|s}}; [[Ancient Greek]]: Ἀκάμας) 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)|Acamas]], son of [[Theseus]], mentioned by [[Virgil]] as being in the [[Trojan horse]].<ref>[[Virgil]], ''[[Aeneid]]'' [http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Verg.+A.+2.262&fromdoc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.02.0054:book=0:chapter=0&highlight=Acamas 2.262]</ref>
*[[Acamas (son of Antenor)|Acamas]], son of [[Antenor (mythology)|Antenor]], fought on the side of the [[Troy|Trojans]] and killed one Greek.<ref>[[Gaius Julius Hyginus|Hyginus]], ''Fabulae'' [https://topostext.org/work/206#115 115]</ref>
*Acamas, son of [[Eusorus|Eussorus]], from [[Thrace]],<ref>[[Homer]], ''[[Iliad]]'' [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Hom.+Il.+6.8&fromdoc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.01.0134:book=0:chapter=0&highlight=Acamas 6.8]; [[Bibliotheca (Pseudo-Apollodorus)|Apollodorus]], [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Apollod.+Epit.+E.3.34&fromdoc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.01.0022:book=3&highlight=Acamas E.3.34]</ref> and thus, could be the brother of [[Aenete]]<ref>[[Apollonius of Rhodes|Apollonius Rhodius]], [https://topostext.org/work/126#1.936 1.950]; ''[[Argonautica Orphica|Orphic Argonautica]]'' [https://topostext.org/work/549#501 502]</ref> and [[Cyzicus (mythology)|Cyzicus]].<ref>Hyginus, ''Fabulae'' [https://topostext.org/work/206#16 16]</ref> With his comrade [[Peiros]], son of [[Imbrasus]], Acamas led a contingent of [[Thracians|Thracian]] warriors to the [[Trojan War]].<ref>Homer, ''Iliad'' [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Hom.+Il.+2.844&fromdoc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.01.0134:book=0:chapter=0&highlight=Acamas 2.844] & 5.462; [[Dictys Cretensis]], [https://topostext.org/work/152#2.35 2.35]; [[Dares Phrygius]], [https://www.theoi.com/Text/DaresPhrygius.html 18]</ref> Acamas was killed by [[Ajax the Great|Ajax]]<ref name=":1">Homer, ''Iliad'' [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Hom.+Il.+6.8&fromdoc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.01.0134:book=0:chapter=0&highlight=Acamas 6.8]</ref> or by [[Idomeneus of Crete|Idomeneus]] who thrust him out of his chariot and caught him, as he fell, on the tip of his spear.<ref>Dictys Cretensis, [https://topostext.org/work/152#3.4 3.4]</ref>

Others:
*Acamas or Acamans, a [[Cyclopes|Cyclops]] that lived in the company of [[Arges (Cyclops)|Pyracmon]] or Pyragmon in Pelorum (north-east coast of [[Sicily]]).<ref>[[Gaius Valerius Flaccus|Valerius Flaccus]], [http://www.theoi.com/Text/ValeriusFlaccus1.html 1.583]</ref>
*Acamas, one of the [[Thebes, Greece|Thebans]] who laid an ambush for [[Tydeus]] when he returned from Thebes. He was killed by Tydeus.<ref name=":0">[[Statius]], ''[[Thebaid (Latin poem)|Thebaid]]'' [https://topostext.org/work/149#3.169 3.173]</ref>
*Acamas, an [[Aetolia]]n in the army of the [[Seven against Thebes]].<ref>Statius, ''Thebaid'' [https://topostext.org/work/149#7.564 7.589]</ref>
*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]].<ref>Statius, ''Thebaid'' [https://topostext.org/work/149#8.428 8.445]</ref>
*Acamas, one of the [[Suitors of Penelope|Suitors]] of [[Penelope]] who came from [[Dulichium]] along with other 56 wooers.<ref>Apollodorus, [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Apollod.+Epit.+e.7.26&fromdoc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.01.0022:book=0:chapter=0&highlight=suitors E.7.26]–[https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Apollod.+Epit.+e.7.27&fromdoc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.01.0022:book=7&highlight=Acamas 27]</ref> He, with the other suitors, was slain by [[Odysseus]] with the aid of [[Eumaeus]], [[Philoetius (Odyssey)|Philoetius]], and [[Telemachus]].<ref name=":12">Apollodorus, [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Apollod.+Epit.+e.7.33&fromdoc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.01.0022:book=0:chapter=0&highlight=suitors E.7.33]</ref>
*Acamas, one of [[Actaeon|Actaeon's]] dogs.<ref>Hyginus, ''Fabulae'' [https://topostext.org/work/206#181 181]</ref>

==Notes==
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== References ==

*[[Bibliotheca (Pseudo-Apollodorus)|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. [http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:1999.01.0022 Online version at the Perseus Digital Library.] [http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:1999.01.0021 Greek text available from the same website].
*[[Apollonius of Rhodes|Apollonius Rhodius]], ''[[Argonautica]]'' translated by Robert Cooper Seaton (1853–1915), R. C. Loeb Classical Library Volume 001. London, William Heinemann Ltd, 1912. [https://topostext.org/work/126 Online version at the Topos Text Project.]
*Apollonius Rhodius, ''Argonautica''. George W. Mooney. London. Longmans, Green. 1912. [http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:1999.01.0227 Greek text available at the Perseus Digital Library].
*[[Dares Phrygius]], ''from The Trojan War.'' ''The Chronicles of [[Dictys Cretensis|Dictys of Crete]] and Dares the Phrygian'' translated by Richard McIlwaine Frazer, Jr. (1931–). Indiana University Press. 1966. [http://www.theoi.com/Text/DaresPhrygius.html Online version at theio.com]
*[[Dictys Cretensis]]'', from The Trojan War.'' ''The Chronicles of Dictys of Crete and [[Dares Phrygius|Dares the Phrygian]]'' translated by Richard McIlwaine Frazer, Jr. (1931–). Indiana University Press. 1966. [https://topostext.org/work/152 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. [https://topostext.org/work/206 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. [http://www.theoi.com/Text/ValeriusFlaccus1.html Online version at theio.com.]
*Gaius Valerius Flaccus, ''Argonauticon.'' Otto Kramer. Leipzig. Teubner. 1913. [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:2007.01.0058 Latin text available at the Perseus Digital Library.]
*[[Homer]], [[Iliad|''The Iliad'']] with an English Translation by A.T. Murray, Ph.D. in two volumes. Cambridge, MA., Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann, Ltd. 1924. {{ISBN|978-0674995796|}}. [http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:1999.01.0134 Online version at the Perseus Digital Library.]
*Homer, ''Homeri Opera'' in five volumes. Oxford, Oxford University Press. 1920. {{ISBN|978-0198145318|}}. [http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:1999.01.0133 Greek text available at the Perseus Digital Library].
*[[Argonautica Orphica|''The Orphic Argonautica'']], translated by Jason Colavito.  Copyright 2011. [https://topostext.org/work/549 Online version at the Topos Text Project.]
*[[Statius|Publius Papinius Statius]]'', [[Thebaid (Latin poem)|The Thebaid]]'' translated by John Henry Mozley. Loeb Classical Library Volumes. Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1928. [https://topostext.org/work/149 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. [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:2008.01.0498 Latin text available at the Perseus Digital Library.]
*[[Virgil|Publius Vergilius Maro]], ''[[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.]
*Publius Vergilius Maro, ''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].



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