In
Greek mythology,
Orneus (;
Ancient Greek: Ὀρνεύς) may refer to two different personages:
and probably
Praxithea, daughter of
Phrasimus and Diogeneia.
[Apollodorus, 3.15.1] His possible siblings were
Protogeneia, Pandora, Creusa,
Procris, Oreithyia,
Chthonia,
[ Suda s.v. Maidens, Virgins (Παρθένοι)] Merope,
[Plutarch, Theseus 19.5] Cecrops II,
Pandorus,
Metion,
[Apollodorus, 3.15.1] Thespius,
[Diodorus Siculus, 4.29.2] Eupalamus[Diodorus Siculus, 4.76.1] and Sicyon.
[Pausanias, 2.6.5 citing Hesiod ( Ehoiai fr. 224) for Erechtheus] Orneus was the father of
Peteus and through the latter became the grandfather of
Menestheus,
[Pausanias, 2.25.6; Plutarch, Theseus 32.1] successor of Theseus. The town of
Orneae is believed to be named after him.
[Pausanias, 2.25.6 & 10.35.8; Plutarch, Theseus 32.1; Stephanus of Byzantium, s.v. Orneiai] Otherwise, the eponym of the land was attributed to the
naiad Ornea, daughter of the river-god
Asopus and Metope.
[Diodorus Siculus, 4.72.1]
Notes
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Apollodorus, The Library with an English Translation by Sir James George Frazer, F.B.A., F.R.S. in 2 Volumes, Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1921. ISBN 0-674-99135-4. Online version at the Perseus Digital Library. Greek text available from the same website.
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Diodorus Siculus, The Library of History translated by Charles Henry Oldfather. Twelve volumes. Loeb Classical Library. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard University Press; London: William Heinemann, Ltd. 1989. Vol. 3. Books 4.59–8. Online version at Bill Thayer's Web Site
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Diodorus Siculus, Bibliotheca Historica. Vol 1-2. Immanel Bekker. Ludwig Dindorf. Friedrich Vogel. in aedibus B. G. Teubneri. Leipzig. 1888–1890. Greek text available at the Perseus Digital Library.
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Plutarch, Lives with an English Translation by Bernadotte Perrin. Cambridge, MA. Harvard University Press. London. William Heinemann Ltd. 1914. 1. Online version at the Perseus Digital Library. Greek text available from the same website.
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Pausanias, 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
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Pausanias, Graeciae Descriptio. 3 vols. Leipzig, Teubner. 1903. Greek text available at the Perseus Digital Library.
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Ovid, Metamorphoses translated by Brookes More (1859-1942). Boston, Cornhill Publishing Co. 1922. Online version at the Perseus Digital Library.
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Publius Ovidius Naso, Metamorphoses. Hugo Magnus. Gotha (Germany). Friedr. Andr. Perthes. 1892. Latin text available at the Perseus Digital Library.
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Stephanus of Byzantium, 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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Suda, Suda Encyclopedia translated by Ross Scaife, David Whitehead, William Hutton, Catharine Roth, Jennifer Benedict, Gregory Hays, Malcolm Heath Sean M. Redmond, Nicholas Fincher, Patrick Rourke, Elizabeth Vandiver, Raphael Finkel, Frederick Williams, Carl Widstrand, Robert Dyer, Joseph L. Rife, Oliver Phillips and many others. Online version at the Topos Text Project.
