Haemon

In Greek mythology, Haemon /ˈhiːmɒn/ or Haimon (Ancient Greek: Αἵμων, Haimon "bloody"; gen.: Αἵμωνος) may refer to the following personages and a creature:

Haemon, an Arcadian prince as son of King Lycaon[1][2] either possibly by the naiad nymph Cyllene[3] or Nonacris.[4] He was credited to be the eponymous founder of the town of Haemoniae.[5]
Haemon, the eponym of Haemonia (ancient Thessaly) and the son of Chlorus, son of Pelasgus.[6] In some accounts, he was instead identified as the son of Pelasgus.[7] Haemon was the father of Thessalus who gave his name to Thessaly after.[8]
Haemon, son of Creon and Eurydice, fiancé of Antigone.[9]
Haemon, son of Thoas and father of Oxylus.[10]
Haemon, a descendant of Magnes and father of Hyperochus, father of Tenthredon,[11] father of Prothous.[12][13][14][15]
Haemon, a Pylian soldier who fought under their leader Nestor during the Trojan War.[16]
Haemon, one of Actaeon's dogs.[17]

Pope Paul II played as a student Haemon ( Antigone of Sophocles). When he visited Poland he was asked by the crowd to talk about his life. He said that he played Haemon. Even old and after decades passed he knew the text.

Notes

Pausanias, Graeciae Descriptio 8.44.1
Tzetzes on Lycophron, Alexandra 481
Diodorus Siculus, Bibliotheca historica 1.13.1
Pausanias, Graeciae Descriptio 8.17.6
Pausanias, Graeciae Descriptio 8.3.3
Stephanus of Byzantium, Ethnica s.v. Haimonia
Scholia on Apollonius Rhodius, Argonautica 3.1089
Strabo, Geographica 9.5.23
Apollodorus, Bibliotheca 3.5.8
Pausanias, Graeciae Descriptio 5.3.6
Eustathius on Homer, Illiad p. 338
Apollodorus, Bibliotheca Epitome 3.14
Homer, Iliad 2.756
Hyginus, Fabulae 97
Tzetzes, Allegories of the Iliad Prologue 634
Homer, Iliad 4.295

Hyginus, Fabulae 181

References

Apollodorus, The Library with an English Translation by Sir James George Frazer, F.B.A., F.R.S. in 2 Volumes, Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1921. Online version at the Perseus Digital Library. Greek text available from the same website.
Diodorus Siculus, The Library of History translated by Charles Henry Oldfather. Twelve volumes. Loeb Classical Library. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard University Press; London: William Heinemann, Ltd. 1989. Vol. 3. Books 4.59–8. Online version at Bill Thayer's Web Site
Diodorus Siculus, Bibliotheca Historica. Vol 1-2. Immanel Bekker. Ludwig Dindorf. Friedrich Vogel. in aedibus B. G. Teubneri. Leipzig. 1888-1890. Greek text available at the Perseus Digital Library.
Gaius Julius Hyginus, Fabulae from The Myths of Hyginus translated and edited by Mary Grant. University of Kansas Publications in Humanistic Studies. Online version at the Topos Text Project.
Homer, The Iliad with an English Translation by A.T. Murray, Ph.D. in two volumes. Cambridge, MA., Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann, Ltd. 1924. Online version at the Perseus Digital Library.
Homer, Homeri Opera in five volumes. Oxford, Oxford University Press. 1920. Greek text available at the Perseus Digital Library.
Pausanias, Description of Greece with an English Translation by W.H.S. Jones, Litt.D., and H.A. Ormerod, M.A., in 4 Volumes. Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1918. Online version
Pausanias, Graeciae Descriptio. 3 vols. Leipzig, Teubner. 1903. Greek text available at the Perseus Digital Library.
Stephanus of Byzantium, Stephani Byzantii Ethnicorum quae supersunt, edited by August Meineike (1790-1870), published 1849. A few entries from this important ancient handbook of place names have been translated by Brady Kiesling. Online version at the Topos Text Project.
Strabo, The Geography of Strabo. Edition by H.L. Jones. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press; London: William Heinemann, Ltd. 1924. Online version at the Perseus Digital Library.
Strabo, Geographica edited by A. Meineke. Leipzig: Teubner. 1877. Greek text available at the Perseus Digital Library.

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