In Greek mythology, Armenus or Armenius (Ancient Greek: Ἄρμενος) was one of the Argonauts, though one of the most obscure and seldom discussed.
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.
Notes
- Banier, Antoine (1740). The Mythology and Fables of the Ancients, Explain'd from History. Vol. 4. A. Millar. p. 19. Retrieved 2023-04-24.
- Strabo, Geographica 11.4.8.
- Justin 42.2
- Stephanus of Byzantium, Ethnica s.v. Ἀρμενία
- 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.
References
- Strabo, Geography, edited and translated by H.C. Hamilton, Esq., W. Falconer, M.A., London, George Bell & Sons, 1903. Online version at the Perseus Digital Library.
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.