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In Greek mythology, Orneus (/ˈɔːrnˌjs/; Ancient Greek: Ὀρνεύς) may refer to two different personages:

  • Orneus, an Athenian prince as the son of King Erechtheus[1][2] and probably Praxithea, daughter of Phrasimus and Diogeneia.[3] His possible siblings were Protogeneia, Pandora, Creusa, Procris, Oreithyia, Chthonia,[4] Merope,[5] Cecrops, Pandorus, Metion,[6] Thespius,[7] Eupalamus[8] and Sicyon.[9] Orneus was the father of Peteus and through the latter became the grandfather of Menestheus,[10] successor of Theseus. The town of Orneae is believed to be named after him.[11] Otherwise, the eponym of the land was attributed to the naiad Ornea, daughter of the river-god Asopus and Metope.[12]
  • Orneus, one of the centaurs who attended Pirithous' wedding. He fought against the Lapiths and fled.[13]

Notes

  1. William Smith (1870). Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology. p. 57. http://www.ancientlibrary.com/smith-bio/index.html. 
  2. Pausanias, 2.25.6; Plutarch, Theseus 32.1; Stephanus of Byzantium, s.v. Orneiai; Eusebius, Chronographia 66
  3. Apollodorus, 3.15.1
  4. Suda s.v. Maidens, Virgins (Παρθένοι)
  5. Plutarch, Theseus 19.5
  6. Apollodorus, 3.15.1
  7. Diodorus Siculus, 4.29.2
  8. Diodorus Siculus, 4.76.1
  9. Pausanias, 2.6.5 citing Hesiod (Ehoiai fr. 224) for Erechtheus
  10. Pausanias, 2.25.6; Plutarch, Theseus 32.1
  11. Pausanias, 2.25.6 & 10.35.8; Plutarch, Theseus 32.1; Stephanus of Byzantium, s.v. Orneiai
  12. Diodorus Siculus, 4.72.1
  13. Ovid, Metamorphoses 12.302; Pausanias, 3.18.16

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