Lamas (mythology)

For other uses, see Lamas.

Slaughter of the suitors of Penelope by Odysseus and Telemachus, assisted by Eumaeus and Philoetius. Campanian red-figure bell-krater, ca. 330 BC, Louvre (CA 7124)

In Greek mythology, Lamas (Ancient Greek: Λάμας) was one of the suitors of Penelope who came from Dulichium along with other 56 wooers.^[1] He, with the other suitors, was killed by Odysseus with the help of Eumaeus, Philoetius, and Telemachus.^[2]

Notes

1. Apollodorus, Epitome 7.26–27
2. 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.