< Acmon, son of Socos >

1 Origin

Acmon was born in Aptera, Crete, in 1445 BC.

Acmon' father was Socos. [Nonnus.13.135]

Acmon' mother was Combe. [Nonnus.13.135]

Acmon was also called Celmis, Damnameneus, and the Idaean Heracles. [Strabo.10.3.22]

2 Family

2.1 Sons

Acmon and Astypalaea had two sons, Ancaeus and Periclymenus. [Hyginus.157]

2.2 Daughters

Clymenus, grandson of Acmon (Idaean Heracles), held the games at Olympia. [Paus.5.8.1]

Clymenus' father was Cardys, who lived in Cydonia, Crete. [Paus.5.8.1, Paus.6.21.6]

Cardys' father is presumably Cydon, the founder of Cydonia. [See Cardys]

Acmon was therefore Clymenus' maternal grandfather, and Cardys' wife was Acmon's daughter.

2.3 Wife

Acmon's wife is presumed to have been Astypalaea, daughter of Phoenix, based on the following facts.

Pausanias writes that "Ancaeus, son of Astypalaea, daughter of Phoenix, became king of Leleges," and that "Leleges was part of the Carians." [Paus.7.2.8, Paus.7.4.1]

In 1419 BC, Acmon (Idaean Heracles) and his brothers emigrated to Olympia in Eleia and held the first Olympic Games. [Paus.5.7.6-]

Afterwards, Acmon and his brothers emigrated to Cherronesus across from Rhodes and founded five towns there. [Diod.5.60.1]

Acmon and his brothers drove out the Carians who had been there before and lived with some of the Carians. [Diod.5.60.3]

They came to be called Leleges because they were mixed and did not belong to any particular tribe. [Antiq.1.10.2]

In other words, the king of the Leleges, Ancaeus, is presumed to be the son of Acmon or his brother.

In 1425 BC, when the Cadmus colony stayed in Aptera, it is presumed that Astypalaea, who was in the colony, met Acmon, who lived in Aptera.

Astypalaea's sister Europa, who was in the Cadmus colony, married Cardys' father Cydon. [See Europa]

Therefore, it is presumed that Ancaeus' father was Acmon.

In other words, Cardys and Acmon's daughter were cousins.

3 Others

The brothers of the Idaean Heracles who went to Olympia were Paeonaeus, Epimedes, Iasius, and Idas. [Paus.5.7.6]

The Idaean Heracles was one of the Idaean Dactyls. [Paus.5.7.6, Paus.8.31.3, Strabo.8.3.30]

The Idaean Dactyls belonged to the tribe of the Telchines. [Strabo.10.3.7]