Andraemon

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In Greek mythology the name Andraemon, or Andraimôn (Ἁνδραίμων) may refer to:

  • Andraemon, father of Oxylus and thus grandfather of the precedent.[3]
  • Andraemon, husband of Gorge and by her the father of Thoas. He succeeded to his father-in-law Oeneus' power over Aetolia. He and his wife were buried in one tomb which was shown in the city of Amphissa.[4][5][6]
  • Andraemon, a son of King Codrus. He participated in the colonization of Asia Minor and drove the Carians out of the city of Lebedus. His tomb was shown near Colophon.[9] Mimnermus related that Andraemon was a native of Pylos and founder of Colophon.[10]

References

  1. Ovid, Metamorphoses, 9. 333
  2. Antoninus Liberalis, Metamorphoses, 32
  3. Bibliotheca 2. 8. 3
  4. Bibliotheca 1. 8. 1&6; epitome of Book IV, 3. 12
  5. Homer, Iliad, 2. 638
  6. Pausanias, Description of Greece, 10. 38. 5
  7. Diodorus Siculus, Library of History, 4. 53. 2
  8. Pseudo-Apollodorus, Bibliotheca, Epitome of Book IV, 7. 27
  9. Pausanias, Description of Greece, 7. 3. 5
  10. Cited in Strabo, Geography, 14. 1. 3
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