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There are several characters named Acmon or Akmon (Ancient Greek: Ἄκμων means 'anvil, pestle'[1]) in Greek mythology:
- Acmon, one of the mythical race of Dactyls.[2]
- Acmon, a Phrygian king who gave his name to the district known as Acmonia.[3]
- Acmon, a mischievous forest creature who lived in Thermopylae or on Euboea but roamed the world and might turn up anywhere mischief was afoot.[4]
- Acmon, a companion of Diomedes in Italy. He was turned into a bird.[5]
- 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.[6]
- ^ Graves, Robert (2017). The Greek Myths - The Complete and Definitive Edition. Penguin Books Limited. pp. Index s.v. Acmon. ISBN 9780241983386.
- ^ Strabo, 10.3.22
- ^ William Smith. A Dictionary of Greek and Roman biography and mythology. s.v. Mygdon
- ^ Homerica, The Cercopes (from Suda s.v. Kerkopes)
- ^ Ovid, Metamorphoses 14.484
- ^ Virgil, Aeneid 10.129