Acessamenus
Mortal man
In Greek mythology, Acessamenus (Ancient Greek: Ἀκεσσάμενος, romanized: Akessamenos, lit. 'one who has healed' or 'remedied') was a king of Pieria. He was known as the founder and eponym of Akesamenai, a city in Macedonia.
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A. T. Murray, Loeb Classical Library, Harvard University Press, 1924 · Homer, Iliad with an English Translation · CC BY-SA 3.0 US
“upon Asteropaeus, son of Pelegon, that was begotten of wide-flowing Axius and Periboea, eldest of the daughters of Acessamenus; for with her lay the deep-eddying River. Upon him rushed Achilles, and Asteropaeus”
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upon Asteropaeus, son of Pelegon, that was begotten of wide-flowing Axius and Periboea, eldest of the daughters of Acessamenus; for with her lay the deep-eddying River. Upon him rushed Achilles, and Asteropaeus
Il. 21.143
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- Wikipedia · Acessamenus · CC BY-SA 4.0
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