< Orchomenus, son of Lycaon >

1 Origin

In 1510 BC, Orchomenus was born in Lycosura in Arcadia.

Orchomenus' father was Lycaon.

Lycaon was the son of Pelasgus.

2 Family

2.1 Daughters

Orchomenus had seven daughters, Alcyone, Merope, Celaeno, Electra, Sterope, Taygete, Maera (or Maia), by several wives, including Pleione.

The daughters were called Pleiades (or Atlantides).

2.2 Sons

Orchomenus also had a son named Coritus, who is presumed to have inherited Methydrium from his father, based on the following

1) Coritus was the father of Dardanus.

2) Dardanus inherited Methydrium from Atlas (Orchomenus).

3 Others

3.1 Founding of Orchomenus and Methydrium

In 1490 BC, Orchomenus founded Orchomenus in Arcadia.

In 1480 BC, Orchomenus founded Methydrium in Arcadia.

3.2 Atlas, father of Pleiades

Orchomenus was the father of the Pleiades, named after the constellation and called Atlas.

Atlas, the father of Pleiades, lived near Mount Thaumasius in Arcadia.

Mount Thaumasius was near Methydrium.

Atlas was reportedly king of the Arcadians and was presumably Orchomenus, the founder of Methydrium.

3.3 Another name

Some sources give Ergeus as the name of the father of Celaeno, the mother of Nycteus and Lycus.

Orchomenus had another name, Ergeus.