Promachus

Promachos ( Greek " champion " ), in Greek mythology, a nickname for a " champion " considered gods and heroes, and later also the proper name of mythical figures and historical persons:

  • Promachos, epithet of Hermes in the Boeotian city of Tanagra
  • Promachos, epithet of Heracles in the Boeotian city of Thebes
  • Athena Promachos, epithet of Athena
  • Promachos, a son of Heracles and the Sicanian princess Psophis and twin brother of Echephron
  • Promachos, a son of Parthenopaios and according to some sources, one of the epigones
  • Promachos, a son of Alegenor, originally from Boeotia, died by the hand of the Trojan Akamas
  • Promachos, a son of Aeson and younger brother of Jason, was killed as a child by his uncle Pelias
  • Promachos, a private soldier of Alexander the Great; won 324 BC in Susa a drinking contest died of the excessive alcohol consumption
  • Disambiguation
Parthenopeus Promachus of Macedon
662230
de