Promachos (son of Aison)

Promachos ( Greek  Πρόμαχος ) is in Greek mythology the son of Aison and the Polymede or Amphinome .

He is still a child when his older brother Jason sets out to lead the Argonauts to win the Golden Fleece . When Pelias , Aison's half-brother, mistakenly spreads the news of the failure of the Argonauts and Jason’s death, both parents commit suicide. Promachos is killed by Pelias.

swell

• Libraries of Apollodorus 1, 9, 27.
• Diodorus 4, 50, 1.
• Johannes Tzetzes , Commentary on Lycophrons Alexandra 175.

literature

• Otto Höfer : Promachos 5 . In: Wilhelm Heinrich Roscher (Hrsg.): Detailed lexicon of Greek and Roman mythology . Volume 3.2, Leipzig 1909, column 3029 ( digitized version ).
• Gerhard Radke : Promachos 11. In: Paulys Realencyclopadie der classischen Antiquity Science (RE). Volume XXIII, 1, Stuttgart 1957, Col. 644 f.