place
Minyan Orchomenus
Orchomenus
also: Ὀρχομενός
A city in Boeotia ruled by Amphion son of Iasus, father of Chloris; also named as a place Orestes might be, in Book 3's questioning.
Reading notes
- The Odyssey §11.253 Orchomenus
The Boeotian city Amphion son of Iasus ruled with might. His daughter Chloris left it to become Neleus's queen at Pylos and the mother of Nestor.