Almus of Orchomenus

In Greek mythology, Almus /ˈælməs/ (Ancient Greek: Ἄλμος) or Halmus was a Corinthian prince son of King Sisyphus and possibly by the Pleiad Merope. He was the brother of Glaucus, Ornytion, Thersander,[1] and probably Sinon and Porphyrion.[2]

Family

Pausanias informs that Almus had two daughters, Chryse and Chrysogeneia, who consorted with Ares and Poseidon respectively. Chryse's son with Ares was Phlegyas, who inherited the kingdom of Orchomenus as Eteocles had died childless. Chrysogeneia had by Poseidon a son Chryses, who succeeded Phlegyas as king of Orchomenus, and in his turn became father of Minyas.[3] In another account, the second daughter is named Chrysogone and Minyas is given as her son by Poseidon, and not grandson.[4] Almus was also credited as the possible father of Minyas.[citation needed]

Mythology

Most of the available information concerning him is recorded in Pausanias' Description of Greece. According to said author, Almus received a small tract of land in Orchomenus from King Eteocles and dwelt there; a village was believed to have been named Almones (later Olmones) after him.[5] This is also mentioned by Stephanus of Byzantium, who refers to Pausanias' work but calls the character Olmus (Ὄλμος) to account for the most recent form of the village's name.[6]

Notes

Pausanias, Graeciae Descriptio 2.4.3
Scholia on Apollonius of Rhodes, Argonautica 3.1553
Pausanias, Graeciae Descriptio 9.36.1 & 4
Scholia on Apollonius Rhodius, Argonautica 3.1094
Pausanias, Graeciae Descriptio 9.34.10

Stephanus of Byzantium, Ethnica s.v. Olmones

References

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. ISBN 0-674-99328-4. Online version at the Perseus Digital Library

Pausanias, Graeciae Descriptio. 3 vols. Leipzig, Teubner. 1903. Greek text available at the Perseus Digital Library.

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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