Akmon (father of Uranus)
Akmon ( ancient Greek Ἄκμων Ákmōn , German 'anvil' ) is the son of Gaia and father of Uranos , Eros and Charon in Greek mythology .
According to this genealogy, Uranos Akmonides ( Ἀκμωνίδης Akmōnídēs , German 'son of Akmon' , Latin Coelus Acmonides ) was called. With an etymological game on akámatos ("tireless"), Uranos becomes "the tireless".
literature
- Fritz Graf : Akmon 2. In: The New Pauly (DNP). Metzler, Stuttgart 1996-2015, ISBN 3-476-01470-3 .
- Roscher: Akmon 2) . In: Wilhelm Heinrich Roscher (Hrsg.): Detailed lexicon of Greek and Roman mythology . Volume 1.1, Leipzig 1886, column 211 ( digitized version ).
- Ulrich Hoefer : Akmon 1 . In: Paulys Realencyclopadie der classischen Antiquity Science (RE). Volume I, 1, Stuttgart 1893, column 1173 f.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Hesiod fr. 398; Alkman fr. 61
- ↑ Callimachus fr. 110.65; 498 and Antimachos by Colophon fr. 44 Wyss