Nicomachus (mythology)
In Greek mythology, Nicomachus (Ancient Greek: Νικόμαχος) may refer to two different figures:
- Nicomachus, son of and Machaon, son of Asclepius.[1]
- Nicomachus, one of the Suitors of Penelope who came from Dulichium along with other 56 wooers.[2] He, with the other suitors, was killed by Odysseus with the help of Eumaeus, Philoetius, and Telemachus.[3]
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- 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. ISBN 0-674-99135-4. Online version at the Perseus Digital Library. Greek text available from the same website.
- 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. ISBN 0-674-99328-4. Online version at the Perseus Digital Library
- Pausanias, Graeciae Descriptio. 3 vols. Leipzig, Teubner. 1903. Greek text available at the Perseus Digital Library.
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- Greek mythology stubs
- Suitors of Penelope
- Characters in Greek mythology