Akmon (Pleuron)
Akmon ( Greek Ἄκμων ) was a companion of Diomedes who came from Pleuron in Aetolia in Greek mythology .
According to a story by Ovid , Akmon becomes a victim of Aphrodite . It was Diomedes who wounded the goddess in battle before Troy , and since then she has haunted him and his companions with her anger. As they wander about in the sea, Akmon turns to the ship's crew, who are about to lose heart. With the courage of desperation he reviled the goddess:
- ... as long as one fears trouble,
- Still has prayer instead; but if the worst pleases,
- When there is fear on the ground, the summit of misfortune is carefree.
- Let her hear it and the way she does, Diomedes' companions
- All pursue with hatred: we all despise the goddess
- Looming hatred, and their great fortune is worth a lot to us.
Aphrodite then transforms him and most of his audience into white, swan-like birds.
swell
- Ovid Metamorphoses 14,484-510
literature
- Wilhelm Heinrich Roscher: Akmon 3) . In: Wilhelm Heinrich Roscher (Hrsg.): Detailed lexicon of Greek and Roman mythology . Volume 1.1, Leipzig 1886, column 211 ( digitized version ).
- Ulrich Hoefer : Akmon 4 . In: Paulys Realencyclopadie der classischen Antiquity Science (RE). Volume I, 1, Stuttgart 1893, Col. 1174.