Ornytus

Ornytus

In Greek mythology, the name Ornytus may refer to:

  • Possible leader of the army that came from Teuthis to join in the campaign against Troy. Alternately, the leader was named Teuthis.[2]
  • A person who was believed to have led a colony in Caria together with Ioxus, son of Melanippus.[7]

References

  1. ^ Apollonius Rhodius, Argonautica 1. 207
  2. ^ Pausanias, Description of Greece, 8. 28. 4
  3. ^ Apollonius Rhodius, Argonautica, 2. 65
  4. ^ Valerius Flaccus, Argonautica, 1. 173
  5. ^ Virgil, Aeneid, 11. 678
  6. ^ Statius, Thebaid, 12. 142
  7. ^ Plutarch, Theseus, 8. 3

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