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 who was shot dead by the Greek hero, Teucer, during the Trojan War.^[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

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• 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
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• 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.
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