Olenus
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- Olenus may also refer to a genus of trilobites.
In Greek mythology, Olenus (or Olenos) was the name of several individuals:
- Olenus, son of Hephaestus and father of Helice and Aex, two nurses of infant Zeus. A city in Aulis was named for him.[1]
- Olenus, son of Zeus and Anaxithea, daughter of Danaus, eponym of a city in Achaea.[2]
- Olenus, father of Tectaphus the Lapith.[3]
- Olenus, a man who lived on Mount Ida. His wife Lethaea claimed she was more beautiful than any goddess. They were both turned to stone; although Olenus could have avoided this fate, he chose to be with his wife.[4]
- Olenus, a Lelegian, father of Phoceus. His son was killed by the Argonauts.[5]
[edit] References
- ^ Hyginus, Poetical Astronomy, 2. 13
- ^ Stephanus of Byzantium, s. v. Ōlenos
- ^ Ovid, Metamorphoses, 12. 433
- ^ Ovid, Metamorphoses, 10. 68 ff
- ^ Valerius Flaccus, Argonautica, 3. 204
