In Greek mythology, Idmon (Ancient Greek: Ἴδμων means "having knowledge of" or "the knowing") may refer to the following individuals:
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Idmon, one of the fifty sons of Aegyptus, who married and was killed by the Danaus Pylarge.
[Apollodorus , 2.1.5]
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Idmon, father of Arachne,
[Ovid, Metamorphoses 6.8] and perhaps her brother Phalanx too.
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Idmon, an Argonauts seer and son of Apollo or Abas, and Princess Cyrene.
[ Argonautica Orphica 185–187 & 721]
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Idmon, herald of Turnus.
[Virgil, Aeneid 12.75]
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Idmon, a figure briefly mentioned in Statius' Thebaid. He came from Epidaurus and was portrayed in the poem cleansing Tydeus' wounds after a battle.
[Statius, Thebaid 3.399]
Notes
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Apollodorus, Apollodorus, The Library, with an English Translation by Sir James George Frazer, F.B.A., F.R.S. in 2 Volumes. Cambridge, Massachusetts, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1921. Online version at the Perseus Digital Library.
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Virgil, Aeneid. Theodore C. Williams. trans. Boston. Houghton Mifflin Co. 1910. Online version at the Perseus Digital Library.
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Statius , The Thebaid translated by John Henry Mozley. Loeb Classical Library Volumes. Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1928. Online version at the Topos Text Project.
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Grimal, Pierre. Entry for Idmon. The Dictionary of Classical Mythology. Blackwell, 1986. .
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Seaton, R.C. (editor and translator). Apollonius Rhodius: Argonautica. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard University Press, 1912.
