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 ...
, Erginus ( grc, Ἐργῖνος) was the name of the following figures:
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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 ...
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 ...
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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 ...
, one of the
Argonauts
The Argonauts (; Ancient Greek: ) were a band of heroes in Greek mythology, who in the years before the Trojan War (around 1300 BC) accompanied Jason to Colchis in his quest to find the Golden Fleece. Their name comes from their ship, '' Argo'', ...
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* Erginus, a defender of Thebes in the war of the
Seven against Thebes
The Seven against Thebes were seven champions in Greek mythology who made war on Thebes. They were chosen by Adrastus, the king of Argos, to be the captains of an Argive army whose purpose was to restore Oedipus' son Polynices to the Theban th ...
, killed by
Hippomedon
Hippomedon (; Ἰππομέδων, ''gen''.: Ἰππομέδοντος) may refer to several figures in Greek mythology:
* Hippomedon, one of the Seven against Thebes.Apollodorus 3.6.3
* Hippomedon, father of Ereuthalion.
*Hippomedon, son of Maen ...
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* Erginus, a descendant of
Diomedes
Diomedes (Jones, Daniel; Roach, Peter, James Hartman and Jane Setter, eds. ''Cambridge English Pronouncing Dictionary''. 17th edition. Cambridge UP, 2006.) or Diomede (; grc-gre, Διομήδης, Diomēdēs, "god-like cunning" or "advised by ...
Palladium
Palladium is a chemical element with the symbol Pd and atomic number 46. It is a rare and lustrous silvery-white metal discovered in 1803 by the English chemist William Hyde Wollaston. He named it after the asteroid Pallas, which was itself na ...
from
Argos
Argos most often refers to:
* Argos, Peloponnese, a city in Argolis, Greece
** Ancient Argos, the ancient city
* Argos (retailer), a catalogue retailer operating in the United Kingdom and Ireland
Argos or ARGOS may also refer to:
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and did so together with Leagrus ( Leager), a friend of Temenus.
Plutarch
Plutarch (; grc-gre, Πλούταρχος, ''Ploútarchos''; ; – after AD 119) was a Greek Middle Platonist philosopher, historian, biographer, essayist, and priest at the Temple of Apollo in Delphi. He is known primarily for his ''P ...
, ''Quaestiones Graecae'' 48
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Apollodorus
Apollodorus (Ancient Greek, Greek: Ἀπολλόδωρος ''Apollodoros'') was a popular name in ancient Greece. It is the masculine gender of a noun compounded from Apollo, the deity, and doron, "gift"; that is, "Gift of Apollo." It may refer to: ...