Ormenus

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

• Ormenus, one of the Telchines.[1]
• Ormenus, a Trojan warrior killed by Polypoetes during the Trojan War.[2]
• Ormenus, king of Ormenion in Thessaly and son of Cercaphus.[3] He was the father of Amyntor, Euaemon[4][5] and Astydameia.[6]
• Ormenus, a Trojan warrior killed by Teucer.[7]
• Ormenus, father of Ctesius, king of the isle of Syria. Ctesius is the father of Eumaeus.[8]
• Ormenus, one of the warriors in the army of the Seven Against Thebes. He fell in the fighting.[9]
• Ormenus from Zacynthus. He was one of the suitors of Penelope and was killed by Odysseus.

Notes

1. Tzetzes on Theogony 80
2. Homer, The Iliad 12.181
3. Callimachus, Hymn to Demeter 66
4. Homer, Iliad 10.254
5. Strabo, Geographica 9.5.18
6. Diodorus Siculus, Bibliotheca historica 4.37
7. Homer, The Iliad, 8.273
8. Homer, Odyssey, 15.403
9. Statius, Thebaid, 10.509

References

• 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.
• Diodorus Siculus, The Library of History translated by Charles Henry Oldfather. Twelve volumes. Loeb Classical Library. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard University Press; London: William Heinemann, Ltd. 1989. Vol. 3. Books 4.59–8. Online version at Bill Thayer's Web Site
• Diodorus Siculus, Bibliotheca Historica. Vol 1-2. Immanel Bekker. Ludwig Dindorf. Friedrich Vogel. in aedibus B. G. Teubneri. Leipzig. 1888-1890. 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. Online version at the Perseus Digital Library.
• Homer, Homeri Opera in five volumes. Oxford, Oxford University Press. 1920. 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. 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.