Acamas
Acamas
Name attributed to several characters in Greek mythology
Acamas or Akamas (/ɑːˈkɑːmɑːs/; Ancient Greek: Ἀκάμας, folk etymology: 'unwearying'[1]) 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, mentioned by Virgil as being in the Trojan horse.[2]
- Acamas, son of Antenor, fought on the side of the Trojans and killed one Greek.[3]
- Acamas, son of Eussorus, from Thrace,[4] and thus, could be the brother of Aenete[5] and Cyzicus.[6] With his comrade Peiros, son of Imbrasus, Acamas led a contingent of Thracian warriors to the Trojan War.[7] Acamas was killed by Ajax[8] or by Idomeneus who thrust him out of his chariot and caught him, as he fell, on the tip of his spear.[9]
Others:
- Acamas or Acamans, a Cyclops that lived in the company of Pyracmon or Pyragmon in Pelorum (north-east coast of Sicily).[10]
- Acamas, one of the Thebans who laid an ambush for Tydeus when he returned from Thebes. He was killed by Tydeus.[11]
- Acamas, an Aetolian in the army of the Seven against Thebes.[12]
- 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.[13]
- Acamas, one of the Suitors of Penelope who came from Dulichium along with other 56 wooers.[14] He, with the other suitors, was slain by Odysseus with the aid of Eumaeus, Philoetius, and Telemachus.[15]
- Acamas, one of Actaeon's dogs.[16]
