Acamas

Quartigod son of Theseus by Phaedra. Trojan War veteran and Wooden Horse occupant. Together with his brother Demophon, recovered their grandmother Aethra at the fall of Troy — the canonical reunion-scene depicted on Polygnotus' Lesche of the Cnidians at Delphi (Pausanias 10.25.7-8). Father of Munitus by Laodice daughter of Priam during the pre-war embassy — the only Theseid-line continuation attested in primary sources, per Parthenius Erot. Path. 16 citing Hegesippus of Mecyberna.

Parentage

• father: TheseusApollod. Epit. 1.18 (primary)
• parent: Phaedra

Children

• Munitus

Powers

• Serve as Achaean envoy demanding Helen's return
• Rescued his grandmother Aethra from captivity at Troy
• Hid among the warriors inside the Wooden Horse

Relations

• father: TheseusApollod. Epit. 1.18 (primary)
• mother: Phaedra (sister of Ariadne, daughter of Minos) · GreekApollod. Epit. 1.18 (primary)
• sibling: DemophonBrother through their shared parents Theseus and Phaedra.Apollod. Epit. 1.18 (primary)
• half sibling: HippolytusHalf-brother through their shared father Theseus; Hippolytus was Theseus's son by Antiope.Apollod. Epit. 1.16-18 (primary)
• half sibling: MelanippusHalf-brother through their shared father Theseus; Melanippus is Theseus's son by Perigune daughter of Sinis.Apollod. Epit. 1.18; Plut. Theseus 8, 28 (primary)
• father of: MunitusSon by Laodice daughter of Priam, conceived during the pre-war embassy to Troy.Parthenius, Erot. Path. 16 (primary)

Sources

• existence: Apollodorus, Epitome 1.18; Iliupersis fragments (Proclus summary; Allen 1912); Quintus Smyrnaeus, Posthomerica 12.314-335; Pausanias 1.23.8, 10.25.7-8; Plutarch, Theseus 28; Diodorus 4.62; Lycophron, Alexandra 495-499; Parthenius, Erotica Pathemata 16 (primary)
• parentage: Apollod. Epit. 1.18; Plut. Theseus 28 (primary)