Greek mythology A major branch of classical mythology, Greek mythology is the body of myths originally told by the Ancient Greece, ancient Greeks, and a genre of Ancient Greek folklore. These stories concern the Cosmogony, origin and Cosmology#Metaphysical co ...

, Arrhon (

Ancient Greek Ancient Greek includes the forms of the Greek language used in ancient Greece and the ancient world from around 1500 BC to 300 BC. It is often roughly divided into the following periods: Mycenaean Greek (), Dark Ages (), the Archaic peri ...

: Ἄρρωνος) may refer to the two different figures: * Arrhon, a

Minyan In Judaism, a ''minyan'' ( he, מניין \ מִנְיָן ''mīnyān'' , lit. (noun) ''count, number''; pl. ''mīnyānīm'' ) is the quorum of ten Jewish adults required for certain religious obligations. In more traditional streams of Jud ...

prince as the son of King

Clymenus In Greek mythology, Clymenus (; grc, Κλύμενος, Klúmenos} means "notorious" or "renowned") may refer to multiple individuals: *Clymenus, a son of Phoroneus by either Cerdo or Teledice In Greek mythology, Teledice (Ancient Greek: Τηλε ...

(

Periclymenus In Greek mythology, the name Periclymenus (; Ancient Greek: Περικλύμενος ''Periklymenos'') may refer to: *Periclymenus, a Pylian prince as the son of King Neleus (the son of Poseidon) and Chloris. He was one of the Argonauts. His grand ...

) of Orchomenus and Buzyge (or

Budeia In Greek mythology, the name Budeia or Budea (Ancient Greek: Βούδεια ''Boúdeia'', "oxen-yoker") may refer to: *Budeia, a surname of Athena in Thessaly. *Budeia, daughter of Lycus.Scholia on Apollonius, 1.185; Stephanus, s.v. ''Boudeia'' ...

) and his brothers were

Erginus In Greek mythology, Erginus ( grc, Ἐργῖνος) was the name of the following figures: * Erginus, king of Minyans and son of Clymenus. * Erginus, one of the Argonauts. * Erginus, a defender of Thebes in the war of the Seven against Thebes ...

Azeus In Greek mythology, Azeus (Ancient Greek: Ἀζεύς) was a Minyan prince as the youngest among the sons of King Clymenus of Orchomenus and Boudeia, daughter of Lycus. He was the brother of Erginus, Stration, Arrhon, Pyleus,Pausanias, ''Gra ...

, Pyleus,

Stratius In Greek mythology, Stratius or Stratios (; Ancient Greek: Στάτιος or Στράτιόν means 'of an army') may refer to three distinct figures: * Stratius, an Orchomenus (Boeotia), Orchomenian prince as the son of King Clymenus of the Minyan ...

,Pausanias, 9.37.1

Eurydice Eurydice (; Ancient Greek: Εὐρυδίκη 'wide justice') was a character in Greek mythology and the Auloniad wife of Orpheus, who tried to bring her back from the dead with his enchanting music. Etymology Several meanings for the name ...

and

Axia Axia may refer to: * Axia (gens), an ancient Roman family * Axia, a division of Telos Systems * Axia, a Japanese market brand of cassette tapes and optical media by Fujifilm * ''Axia'' (album), the 1985 debut album from Japanese singer Yuki Saito ...

. Together with his brothers, they attacked Thebes and, being victorious, imposed on the city a tribute to be paid each year for the murder of their father Clymenus. * Arrhon, an Arcadian king as the son of Erymanthus, a descendant of King Lycaon of Arcadia. He was the father of

Psophis Psophis (Ancient Greek: , '' Eth.'' ) was an ancient Greek city in the northwest end of Arcadia, bounded on the north by Arcadia, and on the west by Elis. It was located near the modern village Psofida, part of the municipality Kalavryta. City n ...

, one of the possible

eponyms An eponym is a person, a place, or a thing after whom or which someone or something is, or is believed to be, named. The adjectives which are derived from the word eponym include ''eponymous'' and ''eponymic''. Usage of the word The term ''epon ...

for the city of

.Pausanias, 8.24.1

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Homer Homer (; grc, Ὅμηρος , ''Hómēros'') (born ) was a Greek poet who is credited as the author of the ''Iliad'' and the ''Odyssey'', two epic poems that are foundational works of ancient Greek literature. Homer is considered one of the ...

, ''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
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Pausanias Pausanias ( el, Παυσανίας) may refer to: *Pausanias of Athens, lover of the poet Agathon and a character in Plato's ''Symposium'' *Pausanias the Regent, Spartan general and regent of the 5th century BC *Pausanias of Sicily, physician of th ...

, ''Description of Greece'' with an English Translation by W.H.S. Jones, Litt.D., and H.A. Ormerod, M.A., in 4 Volumes. Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1918.
Online version at the Perseus Digital Library
* Pausanias, ''Graeciae Descriptio.'' ''3 vols''. Leipzig, Teubner. 1903
Greek text available at the Perseus Digital Library
*

Stephanus of Byzantium Stephanus or Stephan of Byzantium ( la, Stephanus Byzantinus; grc-gre, Στέφανος Βυζάντιος, ''Stéphanos Byzántios''; centuryAD), was a Byzantine grammarian and the author of an important geographical dictionary entitled ''Ethni ...

, ''Stephani Byzantii Ethnicorum quae supersunt,'' edited by August Meineike (1790-1870), published 1849. A few entries from this important ancient handbook of place names have been translated by Brady Kiesling
Online version at the Topos Text Project.
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