Akesamenos

Akesamenos ( ancient Greek Ἀκεσαμενός ) or Akessamenos ( Ἀκεσσαμενός ) is a person of Greek mythology .

In Homer , Akessamenos appears as the father of Periboia , who, along with the river god Axios, is mother of Pelagon and thus grandmother of the Troy fighter Asteropaios . According to Stephanos of Byzantium , Akesamenos is the king of Pieria and the eponymous founder of the Macedonian city of Akesamenai .

literature

• Johannes Toepffer : Akesamenos . In: Paulys Realencyclopadie der classischen Antiquity Science (RE). Volume I, 1, Stuttgart 1893, Col. 1162.
• Wilhelm Heinrich Roscher: Akesamenos . In: Wilhelm Heinrich Roscher (Hrsg.): Detailed lexicon of Greek and Roman mythology . Volume 1,1, Leipzig 1886, column 210 ( digitized version ).

Remarks

1. ↑ Homer , Iliad 21: 140-200.
2. ↑ Stephanos of Byzantium sv Ἀκεσαμεναί