Idmon

For the genus of grass skipper butterflies, see Idmon (skipper).

In Greek mythology, Idmon (Ancient Greek: Ἴδμων means "having knowledge of" or "the knowing") may refer to the following individuals:

• Idmon, one of the fifty sons of Aegyptus, who married and was killed by the Danaid Pylarge.^[1]
• Idmon, father of Arachne,^[2] and perhaps her brother Phalanx too.
• Idmon, an Argonaut seer and son of Apollo or Abas, and Princess Cyrene.^[3]
• Idmon, herald of Turnus.^[4]
• Idmon, a figure briefly mentioned in Statius' Thebaid. He came from Epidaurus and was portrayed in the poem cleansing Tydeus' wounds after a battle.^[5]