Andraemon

In Greek mythology the name Andraemon /ænˈdriːmən/ (Ancient Greek: Ἁνδραίμων, Andraimōn) may refer to:

• Andraemon, son of Oxylus and husband of Dryope.^[1][2]
• Andraemon, father of Oxylus and thus grandfather of the precedent.^[3]
• Andraemon, husband of Gorge and by her the father of Thoas. He succeeded to his father-in-law Oeneus' power over Aetolia. He and his wife were buried in one tomb which was shown in the city of Amphissa.^[4][5][6]
• Andraemon, brother of Leonteus. He married Amphinome, a daughter of Pelias.^[7]
• Andraemon, one of the suitors of Penelope, from Dulichium.^[8]
• Andraemon, a son of King Codrus. He participated in the colonization of Asia Minor and drove the Carians out of the city of Lebedus. His tomb was shown near Colophon.^[9] Mimnermus related that Andraemon was a native of Pylos and founder of Colophon.^[10]

Similarly Andraemonides was a patronymic, frequently used to refer to Thoas, son of Andraemon and Gorge.^[11]

References

1. Ovid, Metamorphoses, 9. 333
2. Antoninus Liberalis, Metamorphoses, 32
3. Bibliotheca 2. 8. 3
4. Bibliotheca 1. 8. 1&6; epitome of Book IV, 3. 12
5. Homer, Iliad, 2. 638
6. Pausanias, Description of Greece, 10. 38. 5
7. Diodorus Siculus, Library of History, 4. 53. 2
8. Pseudo-Apollodorus, Bibliotheca, Epitome of Book IV, 7. 27
9. Pausanias, Description of Greece, 7. 3. 5
10. Cited in Strabo, Geography, 14. 1. 3
11. Homer, Iliad ii. 638