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Idmon (Folklore)

In Greek mythology, Idmon was an Argonaut seer. 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.
Alias Idmon
Real Names/Alt Names Idmon
Characteristics Sailor, Argonauts, Bronze Age, Greek
Creators/Key Contributors Apollonius Rhodius
First Appearance Greek mythology
First Publisher
Appearance List Literature: Homer’s Odyssey (mentioned, c. 8th century BCE, English 1614), Homer’s Iliad (mentioned, c. 8th century BC), Hesiod’s Theogony (c. 700 BCE), Medea by Euripides (431 BC), poetry by Appolonius, Diodorus, Valerius, Apollodorus, Ptolemy, Pausanias, Hyginus, Tzetzes, Apollonius of Rhodes’ epic poem Argonautica (late 3rd century BC), The Argonautica by Gaius Valerius Flaccus (late 1st century AD), Argonautica Orphica, Dante’s Divine Comedy (briefly, 1308–1320), William Morris’ epic poem The Life and Death of Jason (1867). Film: Jason and the Argonauts (1963).
Sample Read The Argonautica [PG]
Description In Greek mythology, Idmon was an Argonaut seer. 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.
Source Idmon – Wikipedia
Idmon in Tractatus posthumus de divinatione & magicis pr.stigiis (1615) via National Library of Spain | Johann Theodor de Bry (engraver)
Idmon in Tractatus posthumus de divinatione & magicis pr.stigiis (1615) via National Library of Spain | Johann Theodor de Bry (engraver)