Acamas

Ăcămas, antis, m., = Ἀκάμας.

• A son of Theseus and Phaedra, Verg. A. 2, 262. —
• II A servant of Vulcan, Val. Fl. 1, 583. —
• III A promontory of Cyprus, Plin. 5, 31, 35, § 129.

Acamās, antis, Akk. anta, m. (Ἀκάμας), I) Sohn des Theseus u. der Phädra, Verg. Aen. 2, 262. – II) ein Vorgebirge auf Cypern, die Nordwestspitze der Insel, j. Hagios Epiphanios od. S. Pitano, Plin. 5, 129 (wo griech. Akk. -anta).

Ăcămās, (16) antis, m. , ¶ 1 nom de divers personnages grecs, notamment du fils de Thésée et de Phèdre : Virg. En. 2, 262 ¶ 2 promontoire de lʼîle de Chypre : Plin. 5, 129.

A'camas

(Ἀκάμας).

1. A son of Theseus and Phaedra, and brother of Demophoon. (Diod. 4.62.) Previous to the expedition of the Greeks against Troy, he and Diomedes were sent to demand the surrender of Helen (this message Homer ascribes to Menelaus and Odysseus, Il. 11.139, &c.), but during his stay at Troy he won the affection of Laodice, daughter of Priam (Parthen. Nic. Erot. 16), and begot by her a son, Munitus, who was brought up by Aethra, the grandmother of Acamas. (Schol. ad Lycophr. 499, &c.) Virgil (Aen. 2.262) mentions him among the Greeks concealed in the wooden horse at the taking of Troy. On his return home he was detained in Thrace by his love for Phyllis; but after leaving Thrace and arriving in the island of Cyprus, he was killed by a fall from his horse upon his own sword. (Schol. ad Lycophr. l.c.) The promontory of Acamas in Cyprus, the town of Acamentium in Phrygia, and the Attic tribe Acamantis, derived their names from him. (Steph. Byz. s. v. Ἀκαμάντιον; Paus. 1.5.2.) He was painted in the Lesche at Delphi by Polygnotus, and there was also a statue of him at Delphi. (Paus. 10.26.1, 10.10.1.)

A'camas

2. A son of Antenor and Theano, was one of the bravest Trojans. (Hom. Il. 2.823, 12.100.) He avenged the death of his brother, who had been killed by Ajax, by slaying Promachus the Boeotian. (Il. 14.476.) He himself was slain by Meriones. (Il. 16.342.)

A'camas

3. A son of Eussorus, was one of the leaders of the Thracians in the Trojan war (Hom. Il. 2.844, 5.462), and was slain by the Telamonian Ajax. (Il. 6.8.) [L.S]

ACAMAS

ACAMAS, ACAMANTIS. [CYPRUS]

Acămas

(Ἀκάμας). (1) A promontory of Cyprus, northwest of Paphos. It is surmounted by two sugar-loaf summits, and the remarkable appearance which it thus presents to navigators as they approach the island on this side, caused them to give the name of Acamantis to the whole island.

(2) A son of Theseus and Phaedra. He was deputed to accompany Diomedé, when the latter was sent to Troy to demand Helen. During his stay at Troy he became the father of Munitus by Laodicea, one of the daughters of Priam. He went to the Trojan War, and was one of the warriors enclosed in the wooden horse. He afterwards led a colony from Athens to Cyprus, where he died.

Acamas Akamas Acamas, son of Antenor

• leader of the Dardanians: Apollod. E.3.34

Acamas(2), son of Eusorus Akamas

• a Thracian leader: Apollod. E.3.34

Acamas(3), son of Theseus Akamas

• eponymous hero of Athenian tribe: Paus. 1.5.2
• son of Theseus and Phaedra: Apollod. E.1.16
• flies from Athens: Apollod. E.1.22
• goes to Troy and leads away Aethra: Apollod. E.5.21
• his statue at Delphi: Paus. 10.10.1
• painted at Delphi: Paus. 10.26.2

Acamas(4), suitor of Penelope Akamas

• Apollod. E.7.25