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.
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