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