Acmon
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Other names: the anvil[15]
Alternative parentage: Rhea;[109] Anchiale, a nymph.[109]
One of the Dactyls, gods of metallurgy.[109]
They were dameons from Mount Ida, of Phrygian, or were of Cretan origin.[H45]
They were born out of the earth (Gaea) when Rhea dug her fingers into
the ground as she gave birth to Zeus.[109]
They were sometimes confounded or identified with the Curetes, the
Cabeiri, the Corybantes and the Telchines.[15] |