Ormenus

A son of Cercaphus, grandson of Aeolus and father of Amyntor, was believed to have founded the town of Ormenium in Thessaly. From him Amyntor is sometimes called Ormenides, and Astydameia, his granddaughter, is called Ormenis.

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References

Sources

  • Aken, Dr. A.R.A. van. (1961). Elseviers Mythologische Encyclopedie. Amsterdam: Elsevier.
  • Homer. Iliad ii, 734; ix, 448; x, 266; Odyssey xv, 413.
  • Ovid. Heroides, ix, 50.
  • Smith, William. (1870). Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology. London: Taylor, Walton, and Maberly.

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