Editing Acmon

{{Short description|Name of several individuals in Greek mythology}}
There are several characters named '''Acmon''' or '''Akmon''' ([[Ancient Greek]]: Ἄκμων means 'anvil, pestle'<ref>{{Cite book|last=[[Robert Graves|Graves, Robert]]|title=The Greek Myths - The Complete and Definitive Edition|publisher=Penguin Books Limited|year=2017|isbn=9780241983386|pages=Index s.v. Acmon}}</ref>) in [[Greek mythology]]:
* [[Acmon (Dactyl)|Acmon]], one of the mythical race of [[Dactyl (mythology)|Dactyls]].<ref>[[Strabo]], 10.3.22</ref>
*[[Acmon of Phrygia|Acmon]], a [[Phrygians|Phrygian]] king who gave his name to the district known as [[Acmonia]].<ref>[[William Smith (lexicographer)|William Smith]]. ''[[Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology|A Dictionary of Greek and Roman biography and mythology]]''. ''s.v. [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.04.0104%3Aalphabetic+letter%3DM%3Aentry+group%3D32%3Aentry%3Dmygdon-bio-2 Mygdon]''</ref>
* [[Cercopes|Acmon]], a mischievous forest creature who lived in [[Thermopylae]] or on [[Euboea]] but roamed the world and might turn up anywhere mischief was afoot.<ref>Homerica, ''[[Cercopes (epic poem)|The Cercopes]]'' (from [[Suda]] s.v. Kerkopes)</ref>
* Acmon, a companion of [[Diomedes]] in Italy. He was turned into a bird.<ref>[[Ovid]], ''[[Metamorphoses]]'' 14.484</ref>
* [[Aeneads|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.<ref>[[Virgil]], ''[[Aeneid]]'' 10.129</ref>
* [[Acmon (father of Uranus)|Acmon]], the child of [[Gaia]] (Earth) and the father of [[Uranus (mythology)|Uranus]] (Sky) in an early Greek theogony.<ref>''[[Brill's New Pauly]]'', s.v. Acmon (2).</ref>

== Notes ==
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== References ==

* [[Robert Graves|Graves, Robert]], ''The Greek Myths'', Harmondsworth, London, England, Penguin Books, 1960. {{ISBN|978-0143106715}}
*Graves, Robert, ''The Greek Myths: The Complete and Definitive Edition.'' Penguin Books Limited. 2017. {{ISBN|978-0-241-98338-6|024198338X}}
*[[Ovid|Publius Ovidius Naso]], ''[[Metamorphoses]]'' translated by Brookes More (1859–1942). Boston, Cornhill Publishing Co. 1922. [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:1999.02.0028 Online version at the Perseus Digital Library.]
* Publius Ovidius Naso, ''Metamorphoses.'' Hugo Magnus. Gotha (Germany). Friedr. Andr. Perthes. 1892. [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:1999.02.0029 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].
* [[Strabo]], ''[[Geographica|The Geography of Strabo]].'' Edition by H.L. Jones. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press; London: William Heinemann, Ltd. 1924. [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.01.0198%3Abook%3D6%3Achapter%3D1%3Asection%3D1 Online version at the Perseus Digital Library.]
* Strabo, ''Geographica'' edited by A. Meineke. Leipzig: Teubner. 1877. [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:1999.01.0197 Greek text available at the Perseus Digital Library.]
*[[Suda|Suida]], ''Suda Encyclopedia'' translated by Ross Scaife, David Whitehead, William Hutton, Catharine Roth, Jennifer Benedict, Gregory Hays, Malcolm Heath Sean M. Redmond, Nicholas Fincher, Patrick Rourke, Elizabeth Vandiver, Raphael Finkel, Frederick Williams, Carl Widstrand, Robert Dyer, Joseph L. Rife, Oliver Phillips and many others. [https://topostext.org/work/240 Online version at the Topos Text Project.]

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