Armenus

Armenus or Armenius (Ancient Greek: Ἄρμενος) was a character in Greek mythology, and one of the Argonauts, though one of the most obscure and seldom discussed.[1]

Not to be confused with Arimanius, Arminius, or Armenius.

He was believed to have been a native of Rhodes or of Armenion in Thessaly, and to have settled in the country which was called, after him, Armenia.[2][3][4][5]

References
  1. Banier, Antoine (1740). The Mythology and Fables of the Ancients, Explain'd from History. Vol. 4. A. Millar. p. 19. Retrieved 2023-04-24.
  2. Strabo, Geographica xi. p.530, &c.
  3. Justin 42.2
  4. Stephanus of Byzantium, Ethnica s.v. Ἀρμενία
  5. Sanducci, A. (2022). "The Phrygian tribes: the Berecyntes, Cerbesii, Peloponnesians, Dorians, Leucadians, LAcedemonians, Armenians". Ancient Scholars about the Turks and the Turkic Nations. Vol. 2. World Scholarly Press. pp. 519–522. ISBN 9798985923704. Retrieved 2023-04-24.

 This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Schmitz, Leonhard (1870). "Armenius". In Smith, William (ed.). Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology. Vol. 1. p. 347.

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