Acmon
Family: Cercopes · Role: one of the Cercopes · First appears: The Cercopes
Acmon was one of the two brothers called the Cercopes, alongside Passalus, and they practised every kind of knavery. Their mother, a daughter of Memnon, warned them to keep clear of Heracles, whom she called “Black-bottom”; another account names Theia and Ocean as their parents. The Cercopes were turned to stone for trying to deceive Zeus.
Relationship record
Life events
- The Cercopes were turned to stone for trying to deceive Zeus.(The Cercopes)
The Cercopes
- siblings with Passalus “These were two brothers living upon the earth who practised every kind of knavery. They were called Cercopes because of their cunning doings: one of them was named Passalus and the other Acmon.”
- parent: the mother of Passalus and Acmon (The Cercopes) “Their mother, a daughter of Memnon, seeing their tricks, told them to keep clear of Black-bottom, that is, of Heracles.”
- parent: Theia “These Cercopes were sons of Theia and Ocean, and are said to have been turned to stone for trying to deceive Zeus.”
- parent: Ocean “These Cercopes were sons of Theia and Ocean, and are said to have been turned to stone for trying to deceive Zeus.”
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Extracted from the original text of Hesiod and Homerica. Made with Rho MD.