Ormenus

In Greek mythology Ormenus or Ormenos (Ancient Greek: Ὄρμενος) is the name of eight men.

  • Ormenus, one of the Telchines.[1]
  • Ormenus, king of Ormenion in Thessaly and son of Cercaphus.[2] He was the father of Amyntor and Euaemon.[3]
  • Ormenus, one of the warriors in the army of the Seven against Thebes. He fell in the fighting.[4]
  • Ormenus, a Trojan warrior killed by Polypoetes during the Trojan War.[5]
  • Ormenus, a Trojan soldier slain by Teucer.[6]
  • Ormenus, father of Ctesius, king of the isle of Syra. Ctesius is the father of Eumaeus.[7]
  • Ormenus, one of the Suitors of Penelope who came from Dulichium along with other 56 wooers.[8] He, with the other suitors, was shot dead by Odysseus with the help of Eumaeus, Philoetius, and Telemachus.[9]

Notes

  1. ^ Tzetzes on Theogony 80
  2. ^ Callimachus, Hymn to Demeter 66
  3. ^ Strabo, Geographica 9.5.18; Homer, Iliad 10.254
  4. ^ Statius, Thebaid 10.509
  5. ^ Homer, Iliad 12.181
  6. ^ Homer, Iliad 8.273
  7. ^ Homer, Odyssey 15.403
  8. ^ Apollodorus, Epitome 7.26–27
  9. ^ Apollodorus, Epitome 7.33

References

  • Apollodorus, The Library with an English Translation by Sir James George Frazer, F.B.A., F.R.S. in 2 Volumes, Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1921. ISBN 0-674-99135-4. Online version at the Perseus Digital Library. Greek text available from the same website.
  • Callimachus, Callimachus and Lycophron with an English translation by A. W. Mair ; Aratus, with an English translation by G. R. Mair, London: W. Heinemann, New York: G. P. Putnam 1921. Internet Archive
  • Callimachus, Works. A.W. Mair. London: William Heinemann; New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons. 1921. Greek text available at the Perseus Digital Library.
  • Homer, The Iliad with an English Translation by A.T. Murray, Ph.D. in two volumes. Cambridge, MA., Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann, Ltd. 1924. ISBN 978-0674995796. Online version at the Perseus Digital Library.
  • Homer, Homeri Opera in five volumes. Oxford, Oxford University Press. 1920. ISBN 978-0198145318. Greek text available at the Perseus Digital Library.
  • Homer, The Odyssey with an English Translation by A.T. Murray, PH.D. in two volumes. Cambridge, MA., Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann, Ltd. 1919. ISBN 978-0674995611. Online version at the Perseus Digital Library. Greek text available from the same website.
  • Publius Papinius Statius, The Thebaid translated by John Henry Mozley. Loeb Classical Library Volumes. Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1928. Online version at the Topos Text Project.
  • Publius Papinius Statius, The Thebaid. Vol I-II. John Henry Mozley. London: William Heinemann; New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons. 1928. Latin text available at the Perseus Digital Library.
  • Strabo, The Geography of Strabo. Edition by H.L. Jones. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press; London: William Heinemann, Ltd. 1924. Online version at the Perseus Digital Library.
  • Strabo, Geographica edited by A. Meineke. Leipzig: Teubner. 1877. Greek text available at the Perseus Digital Library.


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