Galaxy/The codex of Idmon

Son of Apollo and the nymph Cyrene (`cyrene-nymph`) — or, as Hyginus adds, of Abas the Argive king — seer who read his death in the birds yet sailed with Jason and was gored by a boar among the Mariandyni.1

I

Though augury foretold he would perish on the voyage, Idmon would not stay behind. Among the Mariandyni he went out for straw and a boar gored him; Idas son of Aphareus slew the beast in vengeance.2

II

Apollonius makes him son of Apollo and the nymph Cyrene and sends him from Argos; Hyginus alternatively makes Abas king of Argos his father — the Argive polis carries the residence entry under either parentage.3

the spine ignites as you read · hover a bond on the card — every mention of them lights in the story

BEYOND THE POETS

How the centuries since have seen Idmon — art, artifacts and echoes.

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