Orchomenus (mythology)

In Greek mythology, the name Orchomenus (Ancient Greek: Ὀρχομενός) may refer to:
*Orchomenus, a king, the father of ElaraPseudo-Apollodorus, Bibliotheca, 1. 4. 1Scholia on Apollonius Rhodius, Argonautica, 1. 761.
*Orchomenus, one of the twenty sons of LycaonPseudo-Apollodorus, Bibliotheca, 3. 8. 1Tzetzes on Lycophron, 481, founder and eponym of Orchomenus (Arcadia), as well as founder of MethydriumPausanias, Description of Greece, 8. 3. 3.. One account called him father of ArcasDuris in Scholia on Apollonius Rhodius, Argonautica, 4. 264.
*Orchomenus, son of Zeus and Isonoe, husband of Hermippe and legal father of Minyas whose biological father was PoseidonScholia on Apollonius Rhodius, Argonautica, 1. 230.
*Orchomenus, a son of Minyas and Phanosyra, thus grandson of the above (note though that there were multiple versions of Minyas' parentage). He succeeded to Minyas' power and had his domain, the Boeotian Orchomenus, named after himself. He received Hyettus who had fled Argos over the murder of Molurus, and assigned to him a tract of landPausanias, Description of Greece, 9. 36. 6. According to one source, Orchomenus died without issue, and his kingdom was handed over to Presbon, a son of PhrixusPausanias, Description of Greece, 9. 37. 1; in an alternate version though, he was father of Aspledon, Amphidocus and ClymenusStephanus of Byzantium s. v. Aspledōn, of whom the latter was his successor. He may be the Orchomenus who is given as father of Chloris, the consort of AmpycusTzetzes on Lycophron, 980.
*Orchomenus, son of Eteocles and brother of Minyas, in a rare genealogy; essentially the same as the aboveScholia on Pindar, Isthmian Ode 1. 79.
*Orchomenus, a son of Athamas and Themisto and brother of Sphingius according to HyginusHyginus, Fabulae, 1.
*Orchomenus, one of the sons of Thyestes whose flesh was served to their own father by AtreusPseudo-Apollodorus, Bibliotheca, Epitome of Book 4, 2. 13Scholia on Euripides' Orestes, 5 & 812Tzetzes, Chiliades, 1. 449.
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