Lamus (mythology)
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In Greek mythology, Lamus (Ancient Greek: Λάμος Lamos) may refer to the following personages:
- Lamus, one of the 3,000 river gods, children of the Titans Oceanus and his sister-wife Tethys. He was the Cilician river-god who fathered the naiads, Lamides, caretakers of the child Dionysus. These nymphs were maddened by Hera.[1]
- Lamus, a Lydian son of Heracles by Queen Omphale.[2][3] In some accounts, he was called Agelaus.[4]
- Lamus, a defender of Thebes against the Seven Against Thebes. He was killed by Parthenopaeus who pierced him in the face during the battle.[5]
- Lamus, a Trojan warrior who was killed by Thoas, leader of the Aetolians, during the Trojan War.[6]
- Lamus, a former king of the Laestrygonians,[7][8] the cannibalistic giants who were later met by the hero Odysseus in one of his journeys.[9] He was the son of Poseidon.[10][11][12] Lamus was said to have built Formiae, the ancient seat of his people.[13]
- Lamus, an ally of Turnus, the man who opposed Aeneas in Italy. He was killed by Nisus.[14]
