Unchanged by any teller — how the centuries since have seen Acamas.
The gallery
Akamas and Demophon (Exekias amphora, side B)
Exekias, c. 550–540 BC
Exekias' Berlin neck-amphora, side B: Theseus' sons Akamas and Demophon lead their horses — Attic black-figure naming the Athenian princes, not Antenor's Trojan Acamas.
Akamas and Demophon (Exekias, alternate view)
Exekias, c. 550–540 BC
Another angle of Exekias' signed amphora: Acamas beside Demophon — Phaedra's sons as warriors with horses.
Akamas and Demophon (Exekias, side B detail)
Exekias, c. 550–540 BC
Further view of the same Berlin vase: the Theseid brothers named in clay a generation before Troy's sack stories send them to recover Aethra.
Exekias Amphora (Altes Museum display)
Exekias, c. 550–540 BC
The amphora on display in Berlin: Exekias' signature piece that pairs Heracles' lion with Akamas and Demophon — Acamas of Athens fixed in the museum case.
In play
Acamas (son of Theseus)
Son of Theseus and Phaedra, brother of Demophon — Trojan War Theseid; not Acamas son of Antenor, nor the Thracian captain of the same name.
Demophon of Athens
Acamas' brother — the twin face of the Theseid pair Exekias painted leading horses.