Orchomenus

Orchomenus

Orchomenus (or Orchomenos, Orkhomenos may refer to:

Greek mythology

  • Orchomenus, a king, the father of Elara
  • Orchomenus, one of the twenty sons of Lycaon
  • Orchomenus, son of Zeus and Isonoe, father of Minyas and Kyparissos
  • Orchomenus, a son of Athamas and Themisto

Ancient Greek geography


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  • Orchomenus — Ancient city, northwestern Boeotia, Greece. It was the northernmost fortified town in Mycenaean times and controlled a large part of Boeotia. In с 550 BC it became one of the first cities to coin money, thereby gaining fame for its wealth. It was …   Universalium

  • ORCHOMENUS sive ORCHOMENUM — ORCHOMENUS, sive ORCHOMENUM oppid. geminum; unum Boeotiae inter Elateam ad Septentrionem et Coroneam ad Meridiem proximas urbes, adhuc Orchomeno dictum; ubi templum Charitibus, h. e. Gratiis dicatum erat: olim ditissimum, ac potentissimum, cui… …   Hofmann J. Lexicon universale

  • Orchomenus (Arcadia) — Orchomenos (Arcadia). Orchomenus or Orchomenos (Greek: Ὀρχομενός) was an ancient city of Arcadia, Greece, called by Thucydides (v. 61) the Arcadian Orchomenus (Ὀρχομενός ὁ Ἀρκαδικός), to distinguish it from the Boeotian town. Its ruins are near… …   Wikipedia

  • Orchomenus (Boeotia) — For other uses of Orchomenus or Orchomenos, see Orchomenus (disambiguation). Orchomenos Ορχομενός Loca …   Wikipedia

  • Orchomenus — noun An older spelling of Orchomenos …   Wiktionary

  • Battle of Orchomenus — Infobox Military Conflict conflict=Battle of Orchomenus caption= partof=First Mithridatic War date= 85 BC place=Orchomenus, Beotia (modern Greece) result=Roman victory combatant1=Roman Republic combatant2=Pontus commander1=Sulla… …   Wikipedia

  • Chersios of Orchomenus — was written in the 7th century BC and contains an epigram which mentions the burial place of Hesiod at Orchomenus, a town in Boeotia.ReferencesHesiod. Crystlinks …   Wikipedia

  • Peisistratus (Orchomenus) — Peisistratus or Peisitratos or Pisistratus (Ancient Greek: polytonic|Πεισίστρατος; The traditional English pronunciation is IPAEng|paɪˈsɪstrətəs.) [The misspellings Psistratus, Peistratus, and Pesistratus are sometimes found.] was king of… …   Wikipedia

  • ОРХОМЕН —    • Orchomĕnus,          Όρχομενός,          Ι.          Личное имя:        1. сын Ликаона, основатель аркадского О. и Мефидриона;        2. сын Афаманта и Фемисто, см. Themisto, Фемисто, 2;        3. сын Зевса или Этеокла и Гесионы, дочери… …   Реальный словарь классических древностей

  • Орхомен — (Orchomenus) 1 я Митридатова война Место сражения 85 до Р. X. между понтийской армией под командованием Архелая и римлянами под командованием Суллы. Конница атаковала и потеснила римлян, однако Сулла сумел собрать войска для удара и разгромил… …   Энциклопедия битв мировой истории

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