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Acamas (???µ-a?, -a?t??; folk etymology: "unwearying") was a name attributed to several characters in Greek mythology
Greek mythology

Greek mythology is the body of myths and legends belonging to the Ancient Greece concerning their List of Greek mythological figures#Immortals and Greek hero cult, Cosmology#Metaphysical cosmology, and the origins and significance of their own cult and ritual practices....
. The following three all fought in the Trojan War
Trojan War

In Greek mythology, the Trojan War was waged against the city of Troy by the Achaeans after Paris of Troy stole Helen from her husband Menelaus, the king of Sparta....
, and only the first was not mentioned by Homer
Homer

Homer is traditionally held to be the author of the ancient Greek language epic poems the Iliad and the Odyssey, as well as of the Homeric Hymns....
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Acamas (???µ-a?, -a?t??; folk etymology: "unwearying") was a name attributed to several characters in Greek mythology
Greek mythology

Greek mythology is the body of myths and legends belonging to the Ancient Greece concerning their List of Greek mythological figures#Immortals and Greek hero cult, Cosmology#Metaphysical cosmology, and the origins and significance of their own cult and ritual practices....
. The following three all fought in the Trojan War
Trojan War

In Greek mythology, the Trojan War was waged against the city of Troy by the Achaeans after Paris of Troy stole Helen from her husband Menelaus, the king of Sparta....
, and only the first was not mentioned by Homer
Homer

Homer is traditionally held to be the author of the ancient Greek language epic poems the Iliad and the Odyssey, as well as of the Homeric Hymns....
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  • Acamas, son of Theseus
    Acamas, son of Theseus

    Acamas, the son of Phaedra and Theseus, and half brother to Demophoon, was a character in the Trojan War....
    , mentioned by Virgil
    Virgil

    Publius Vergilius Maro was a classical Roman poet, best known for three major works?the Bucolics , the Georgics and the Aeneid?although several Appendix Vergiliana are also attributed to him....
     as being in the Trojan horse
    Trojan Horse

    The "Trojan Horse" refers to the stratagem that allowed the Greeks to finally enter the city of Troy during the Trojan War. In the best-known version of this Bronze Age story, after a fruitless 10-year siege of Troy, the Greeks built a huge figure of a horse, in which a select force of men hid....
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  • Acamas, son of Eussorus, resident of Aenus
    Aenus (Thrace)

    Aenus , modern Enez in Turkey, was an ancient city on the southeastern coast of Thrace. Formerly called Poltyobria , it was located near the mouth of the Maritsa, not far from the Melas Gulf , which is formed by the Thracian Chersonesus to the east....
     on the eastern coast of Thrace
    Thrace

    Thrace is a historical and geographic area in southeast Europe. Today the name Thrace designates a region spread over southern Bulgaria , northeastern Greece , and European Turkey ....
    . With his comrade Peiros
    Peiros

    The Peiros is a river in the central and the northwestern parts of the Achaea prefecture. The river can also be known locally with numerous names including Kamenitsa , Mellas or Melas , Pieros , Nezeritiko , Prevedos and Acheloos ....
    , son of Imbrasus, Acamas led a contingent of Thracian warriors to the Trojan War. He was killed by Ajax
    Ajax (mythology)

    Ajax or Aias was a Greek mythology, the son of Telamon and Periboea and king of Salamis Island. He plays an important role in Homer's Iliad and in the Epic Cycle, a series of epic poems about the Trojan War....
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  • Acamas, son of Antenor, fought on the side of the Trojans
    Troy

    Troy is a legendary city and center of the Trojan War, as described in the Epic Cycle, and especially in the Iliad, one of the two epic poems attributed to Homer....
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