In Greek mythology, Acessamenus () was a king of Pieria. He was known as the founder and eponym of Akesamenai, a city in Macedonia.RE, s.v. Akesamenos; Stephanus of Byzantium, s.v. Akesamenai (Ἀκεσαμεναί). In the Iliad, Acessamenus is mentioned as having several daughters, the eldest of whom, Periboea, had a son Pelagon by the river god Axius.Homer, Iliad 21.142–144
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