person
Idmon
A dyer of Colophon, father of Arachne, who steeped wool in Phocaean purple; not to be confused with the seer Idmon of the Argonauts.
Reading notes
- Ibis §15 bold Idmon
Idmon, the Argonaut-seer killed by a boar.
- Metamorphoses §6.125 Idmon
Arachne's father, a purple-dyer of Colophon in Lydia.