Idmon

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In Greek mythology, Idmon was an Argonaut seer. His father is said to have been Apollo but his mortal father was Abas. His mother was Asteria (or Cyrene). He foresaw his own death in an Argonaut expedition but joined anyway and died of snakebite in Bithynia.^{[citation needed]}

When in 559 BC the citizens of Megara founded city Heraclea (cur. Eregli) they built a temple over the spot he was buried.^{[citation needed]}

[edit] References

• Grimal, Pierre. Entry for Idmon. The Dictionary of Classical Mythology. Blackwell, 1986. ISBN 0631201025.