Idmon (Argonaut)

Idmon appears in classical catalogs of the Argonauts and in episodic accounts of the voyage to Colchis. The name Ἴδμων is interpreted in sources as 'having knowledge of' or 'the knowing', which marks him conceptually as associated with knowledge or seer-ability. Genealogical notices vary: some accounts identify him as a son of Apollo (an attested parentage in Hyginus' summary and later compilations), while other traditions attribute different parentage (variants such as Abas and Cyrene appear in later summaries). The extant passages do not harmonize these variants into a single authoritative origin, but they consistently place Idmon among the roster of Argonauts.

Surviving source material and catalogues that name Idmon do not preserve a distinctive physical description. Classical lists and the summarized episodes that mention him treat him as one member of the Argonaut crew without recording particular bodily traits, clothing, or iconographic markers in the provided excerpts.

Idmon is explicitly designated as a seer in some modern summaries of the tradition and in classical catalogues that interpret his name (e.g., 'an Argonaut seer, son of Apollo' in compiled entries). The etymology of his name ('having knowledge of'/'the knowing') supports this associative role. However, the supplied sources do not report specific prophetic acts or oracular pronouncements performed by him; instead they record his participation in the voyage and, in Hyginus' narrative summary, his mortal wound by a wild boar that leads to his death while the Argonauts are lodged with Lycus.