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Acamas

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Acamas or Akamas (/ɑːˈkɑːmɑːs/; Ancient Greek: Ἀκάμας, folk etymology: 'unwearying'[1]) was a name attributed to several characters in Greek mythology. The following three all fought in the Trojan War, and only the first was not mentioned by Homer.

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  1. ^ Graves, Robert (1960). The Greek Myths. Harmondsworth, London, England: Penguin Books. pp. Index s.v. Acamas. ISBN 978-0143106715.
  2. ^ Virgil, Aeneid 2.262
  3. ^ Hyginus, Fabulae 115
  4. ^ Homer, Iliad 6.8; Apollodorus, E.3.34
  5. ^ Apollonius Rhodius, 1.950; Orphic Argonautica 502
  6. ^ Hyginus, Fabulae 16
  7. ^ Homer, Iliad 2.844 & 5.462; Dictys Cretensis, 2.35; Dares Phrygius, 18
  8. ^ Homer, Iliad 6.8
  9. ^ Dictys Cretensis, 3.4
  10. ^ Valerius Flaccus, 1.583
  11. ^ Statius, Thebaid 3.173
  12. ^ Statius, Thebaid 7.589
  13. ^ Statius, Thebaid 8.445
  14. ^ Apollodorus, E.7.2627
  15. ^ Apollodorus, E.7.33
  16. ^ Hyginus, Fabulae 181

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 This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domainSmith, William, ed. (1870). "Acamas". Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology.