Lamius

Or Lamus (Λάμος), a son of Heracles and Omphale, from whom the Thessalian town of Lamia was believed to have derived its name.

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References

Sources

  • Diodorus Siculus. Historical Library iv, 31.
  • Ovid. Heroides ix, 54.
  • Smith, William. (1870). Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology. London: Taylor, Walton, and Maberly.
  • Stephanus of Byzantium, s.vv. Λαμία, Βάργασα.

This article incorporates text from Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology (1870) by William Smith, which is in the public domain.