Idmon (Argonaut)

In Greek mythology, Idmon (Ancient Greek: Ἴδμων means "having knowledge of") was an Argonaut seer. Allegedly a son of Apollo, he had Abas (or Ampycus) as his mortal father.[1] His mother was Asteria, daughter of Coronus, or Cyrene, or else Antianeira, daughter of Pheres. By Laothoe he had a son Thestor.[2][3] Idmon foresaw his own death in the Argonaut expedition, but joined anyway. During the outbound voyage of Argo, a boar killed him in the land of the Mariandyni, in Bithynia.[2][4][5]

For other uses, see Idmon.

In 559 BC the citizens of Megara Heraclea (today's Eregli) built a temple over Idmon's grave.

Comparative table of Idmon's family
Relation Names Sources
Pherecydes Apollonius Hyginus Orphic Schol. ad Apollon.
Parentage Apollo and Asteria ✓ ✓
Apollo ✓
Abas ✓
Apollo and Cyrene ✓
Abas and Cyrene ✓
Apollo and Antianeira ✓
Spouse Laothoe ✓
Offspring Thestor ✓

Notes
  1. Argonautica Orphica, 185–187; 721
  2. Hyginus, Fabulae, 14
  3. Scholia on Argonautica, 1. 39
  4. Apollonius Rhodius, Argonautica, 2.815–834
  5. Pseudo-Apollodorus, Bibliotheca 1. 9. 23
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