Idmon

, son of Apollo and Asteria, or, as some say, of Cyrene, was the prophet of the Argonauts. He was killed in hunting a wild boar in Bithynia, where his body received a magnificent funeral. He had predicted the time and manner of his own death. Apollo dor us , bk. 1 , ch. 2 .— Orpheus. ――A dyer of Colophon, father to Arachne. Ovid , Metamorphoses , bk. 6 , li. 8 .――A man of Cyzicus, killed by Hercules, . Flaccus , bk. 3 .――A son of Ægyptus, killed by his wife. See: Danaides .