Hecademus

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Hecademus is an alternate name for Akademos, the legendary Athenian hero associated with the grove that later became Plato’s Academy.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Hecademus canonical 5
Hekademos 1

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Statements (30)

Predicate Object
instanceOf human
legendary hero
mythological figure
alternateName Akademos
Hecademos
linked to: Hekademos
associatedWith Athens
Attica
Plato's Academy
linked to: Academy of Athens

grove of Akademos
category Attic heroes
Greek legendary heroes
connectedTo Castor
Dioscuri
linked to: Dioskouroi

Helen of Troy
Pollux
Theseus
country Ancient Greece
linked to: Greek Antiquity
culture Ancient Greek mythology
gender male
honoredBy Athenians
influenced name of the Platonic Academy
toponym "Academy"
knownFor revealing the location of Helen of Troy
saving Athens from Spartan destruction
languageOfName Ancient Greek
legacy grove later used as site of Plato's Academy
mythologicalEra heroic age
nameInAncientGreek Ἀκάδημος
linked to: Akademos
placeOfActivity grove outside the walls of Athens
roleInMyth informer to the Dioscuri

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (6)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Akademos hasNameVariant Hecademus
Hekademos hasVariantName Hecademus
Academos hasNameVariant Hecademus
Hekademos of Athens hasNameVariant Hekademos
linked to: Hecademus
Academy namedAfter Hecademus