Orchomenus

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Orchomenus (or Orchomenos, Orkhomenos, Greek: Ὀρχομενός) is a name attributed to the following:

[edit] Greek mythology

• A king, the father of Elara.
• The father of Lycaon.
• The father of Minyas and Kyparissos.
• A murdered son of Thyestes.
• A childless son of Minyas.
• The son of Athamas and Themisto.

[edit] Ancient Greek geography

• Orchomenos, also called the Minyean Orchomenus, a city of Boeotia.
• Orchomenus, also called the Arcadian Orchomenus, a city of Arcadia.
• Orchomenus, a city of Thessaly.
• Orchomenus, a city of Euboea.