Idmon (Argonaut)

In Greek mythology, Idmon (Ancient Greek: Ἴδμων means "having knowledge of") was an Argonaut seer. Allegedly a son of Apollo, he had Abas (or Ampycus) as his mortal father.[1] His mother was Asteria, daughter of Coronus, or Cyrene, or else Antianeira, daughter of Pheres. By Laothoe he had a son Thestor.[2][3] Idmon foresaw his own death in the Argonaut expedition, but joined anyway. During the outbound voyage of Argo, a boar killed him in the land of the Mariandyni, in Bithynia.[2][4][5]

In 559 BC the citizens of Megara Heraclea (today's Eregli) built a temple over Idmon's grave.
Comparative table of Idmon's family Relation Names Sources
Pherecydes Apollonius Hyginus Orphic Schol. ad Apollon.

Relation	Names	Sources
		Pherecydes	Apollonius	Hyginus	Orphic	Schol. ad Apollon.
Parentage	Apollo and Asteria	✓				✓
	Apollo		✓
	Abas		✓
	Apollo and Cyrene			✓
	Abas and Cyrene			✓
	Apollo and Antianeira				✓
Spouse	Laothoe					✓
Offspring	Thestor					✓

Notes

Argonautica Orphica, 185–187; 721
Hyginus, Fabulae, 14
Scholia on Argonautica, 1. 39
Apollonius Rhodius, Argonautica, 2.815–834
Pseudo-Apollodorus, Bibliotheca 1. 9. 23

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