In
Greek mythology, Haemon/ˈhiːmɒn/ or Haimon (
Ancient Greek: Αἵμων Haimon "bloody"; gen.: Αἵμωνος) may refer to the following personages and a creature:
Haemon, an
Arcadian prince as one of the 50 sons of the impious King
Lycaon[1] either by the
naiadCyllene,[2]Nonacris[3] or by unknown woman. He was credited to be the eponymous founder of the town of
Haemoniae.[4] Haemon and his siblings were the most nefarious and carefree of all people. To test them,
Zeus visited them in the form of a peasant. These brothers mixed the entrails of a child into the god's meal, whereupon the enraged king of the gods threw the meal over the table. Haemon was killed, along with his brothers and their father, by a lightning bolt of the god.[5]
Haemon, the eponym of Haemonia (ancient
Thessaly) and the son of
Chlorus, son of
Pelasgus.[6] In some accounts, he was instead identified as the son of Pelasgus.[7] Haemon was the father of
Thessalus who gave his name to Thessaly after.[8]
Pausanias, Description of Greece with an English Translation by W.H.S. Jones, Litt.D., and H.A. Ormerod, M.A., in 4 Volumes. Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1918.
Online version at the Perseus Digital Library
Stephanus of Byzantium, Stephani Byzantii Ethnicorum quae supersunt, edited by August Meineike (1790-1870), published 1849. A few entries from this important ancient handbook of place names have been translated by Brady Kiesling.
Online version at the Topos Text Project.
This article includes a list of Greek mythological figures with the same or similar names. If an
internal link for a specific Greek mythology article referred you to this page, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended Greek mythology article, if one exists.
In
Greek mythology, Haemon/ˈhiːmɒn/ or Haimon (
Ancient Greek: Αἵμων Haimon "bloody"; gen.: Αἵμωνος) may refer to the following personages and a creature:
Haemon, an
Arcadian prince as one of the 50 sons of the impious King
Lycaon[1] either by the
naiadCyllene,[2]Nonacris[3] or by unknown woman. He was credited to be the eponymous founder of the town of
Haemoniae.[4] Haemon and his siblings were the most nefarious and carefree of all people. To test them,
Zeus visited them in the form of a peasant. These brothers mixed the entrails of a child into the god's meal, whereupon the enraged king of the gods threw the meal over the table. Haemon was killed, along with his brothers and their father, by a lightning bolt of the god.[5]
Haemon, the eponym of Haemonia (ancient
Thessaly) and the son of
Chlorus, son of
Pelasgus.[6] In some accounts, he was instead identified as the son of Pelasgus.[7] Haemon was the father of
Thessalus who gave his name to Thessaly after.[8]
Pausanias, Description of Greece with an English Translation by W.H.S. Jones, Litt.D., and H.A. Ormerod, M.A., in 4 Volumes. Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1918.
Online version at the Perseus Digital Library
Stephanus of Byzantium, Stephani Byzantii Ethnicorum quae supersunt, edited by August Meineike (1790-1870), published 1849. A few entries from this important ancient handbook of place names have been translated by Brady Kiesling.
Online version at the Topos Text Project.
This article includes a list of Greek mythological figures with the same or similar names. If an
internal link for a specific Greek mythology article referred you to this page, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended Greek mythology article, if one exists.