- Alternative names
- Erchomenos
- Information
- city in Boiotia
- Alternative name
- 🌍 Andreis (alt. Orchomenos)
- Cult site of
- 👥 the Charites 👤 Metioche (Boiotian) 👤 Menippe (Boiotian)
- Place of birth of
- 👤 Chloris (d. of Amphion)
- Place of burial of
- 👤 Actaion 👤 Minyas
- Founded by
- 👤 Andreus (Boiotian)
- Eponym
- 👤 Orchomenos (Boiotian)
- Ruled by
- 👤 Ascalaphos (Orchomenian) 👤 Clymenos (Minyan) 👤 Erginos (Minyan) 👤 Ialmenos 👤 Phlegyas (eponym) 👤 Minyas 👤 Amphion (Orchomenian) 👤 Andreus (Boiotian) 👤 Eteocles (Orchomenian) 👤 Orchomenos (Boiotian) 👤 Chryses (Orchomenian)
- Conquered by
- 👤 Heracles
- Relics preserved on site
- 🏛️ the Treasury of Minyas (Orchomenos) 🏛️ the Tomb of Minyas (Boiotian Orchomenos) 🏺 the Bones of Actaion 🏛️ the Tomb of Actaion (Orchomenos)
- Encompases
- 🏛️ the Treasury of Minyas (Orchomenos) 🌍 the Sanctuary of the Charites at Orchomenos (Boiotia) 🏛️ the Tomb of Minyas (Boiotian Orchomenos) 🏛️ the Tomb of Actaion (Orchomenos)
- Reported to have depictions of
- 👤 Actaion
- Related Entities
- 👤 Actaion 👤 Ascalaphos (Orchomenian) 👤 Athamas (Epirote) 👤 Athena 👥 the Charites 👤 Chloris (d. of Amphion) 👤 Clymenos (Minyan) 👤 Erginos (Minyan) 👤 Helle 👤 Heracles 👤 Ialmenos 👤 Ino 🌍 Athens (Attica) 👤 Phlegyas (eponym) 👤 Phrixos (s. of Athamas) 👤 Minyas 👥 the Orchomenos Contingent at Troy (attackers) 🌍 Troy (Troad) 🌍 Boiotia 🌍 Phocis 🌍 Euboia (island) 🌍 Argos (city) 🌍 Pylos (Messenia) 🌍 Thebes (Boiotia) 🌍 Orchomenos (Boiotia) 🌍 Colchis (Pontos) 👥 the Ionians 🌍 Iolcos (Thessaly) 👥 the Defenders of Thebes against the Seven 🌍 Coroneia (Boiotia) 🌍 Aspledon (Boiotia) 🌍 Panopeus (Phocis) 🌍 River Cephisos (Phocis/Boiotia) 🌍 Lilaia (Phocis) 👤 Alcis 👤 Almos 👤 Amphion (Orchomenian) 👤 Andreus (Boiotian) 👤 Androcleia 👤 Antipoinos 👤 Athamas (Teian) 👤 Eteocles (Orchomenian) 👤 Euippe (Boiotian) 👤 Molouros 👤 Orchomenos (Boiotian) 👤 Hyettos 👤 Chryses (Orchomenian) 🌍 Pylos (Elis) 🏺 the Statue of a Lion 🌍 the Oracle of Apollo at Delphi 🌍 River Anigros (Elis) 🌍 Ionia 🌍 Teos (Asia Minor) 🌍 Olmones (Boiotia) 🌍 Phlegyas (Boiotia) 🌍 Hyettos (Boiotia) 🌍 Arne (Thessaly) 🌍 the Sanctuary of Artemis Eucleia at Thebes 🌍 Lake Copais (Boiotia) 👥 the Heralds of Orchomenos 🏛️ the Treasury of Minyas (Orchomenos) 🏺 the Stones of the Graces 🏛️ the Tomb of Minyas (Boiotian Orchomenos) 🏺 the Bones of Actaion 🏛️ the Tomb of Actaion (Orchomenos) 👤 Peisidice (Boiotian) 👤 Hyper[...] (d. of Leucon) 🌍 Mount Acontion (Boiotia) 👤 Metioche (Boiotian) 👤 Menippe (Boiotian) 🌍 River Minyeios (alt. Anigros) 👥 the Sons of Codros 👥 the Minyans
- Mentioned by
- 📖 Apollodoros, Library 2.4.11 📖 Pausanias 9.17.1 📖 Pausanias 9.36.1 📖 Pausanias 9.36.4 📖 Pausanias 9.36.6 📖 Pausanias 9.36.8 📖 Pausanias 9.37.1 📖 Pausanias 9.37.7 📖 Pausanias 9.38.5 📖 Pausanias 7.3.6 📖 Pausanias 10.4.1 📖 Homer, Odyssey 11.281-11.297 📖 Hesiod, Ehoiai fr. 41 Most 📖 Homer, Iliad 2.511-2.516 📖 Pausanias 9.9.1-9.9.5 📖 Pausanias 9.17.1-9.17.2 📖 Pausanias 1.44.7-1.44.8 📖 Pausanias 7.2.1-7.2.4 📖 Pausanias 9.36.6-9.36.8 📖 Pausanias 9.37.1-9.37.3 📖 Pausanias 10.29.5-10.29.7 📖 Pausanias 9.34.6-9.34.10 📖 Pausanias 9.36.4-9.36.5 📖 Pausanias 9.38.1-9.38.3 📖 Apollodoros, Epitome 3.11-3.14 📖 Strabo 9.2.3-9.2.4 📖 Strabo 9.2.29 📖 Strabo 9.2.40 📖 Strabo 9.2.42 📖 Hesiod, Great Ehoiai fr. 195 Most 📖 Pindar, Olympian 14 1-24 📖 Corinna fr. 656 PMG 📖 Pindar, Pythian 12 1-32 📖 Pindar, Isthmian 1 52-68 📖 Strabo 8.3.19 📖 Antoninus Liberalis, Metamorphoses 25: Metioche and Menippe
- Mentioned in Text
- Apollodoros, Epitome Apollodoros, Library Homer, Iliad Homer, Odyssey Hesiod, Great Ehoiai Pausanias Corinna Hesiod, Ehoiai Strabo Pindar, Olympian 14 Pindar, Pythian 12 Pindar, Isthmian 1 Antoninus Liberalis, Metamorphoses
- Mentioned in citation of
- 📖 Homer, Iliad 2.511-2.516 📖 Hesiod, Great Ehoiai fr. 195 Most 📖 Corinna fr. 656 PMG 📖 Nicander, Heteroeumena fr. 57 Gow-Scholfield
- Reported to have local traditions about
- 👤 Poseidon 👤 Aspledon (eponym) 👤 Mideia (Boiotian)
- Local traditions reported by
- 📖 Pausanias 9.38.9-9.38.10