Acessamenus

In Greek mythology, Acessamenus[pronunciation?]

(Ancient Greek: Ἀκεσσάμενος, romanized: Akessámenos) was a king of Pieria.

He was known as the founder and eponym of Akesamenai, a city in Macedonia.

[1] In the Iliad, Acessamenus is mentioned as father of several daughters, the eldest of whom, Periboea, had a son Pelagon by the river god Axius; Pelagon, in his turn, was the father of the Trojan ally Asteropaios.

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