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Orchomenus

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Orchomenus

Ancient city in Arcadia, southern Greece.

Orchomenus

Ancient city in Boeotia, central Greece. At one time it was the capital of a powerful prehistoric mainland and maritime kingdom but was later overshadowed by Thebes.

Excavations have revealed considerable remains of the prehistoric city.



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She was youngest daughter to Amphion son of Iasus and king of Minyan Orchomenus, and was Queen in Pylos.
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Ascalaphus and Ialmenus, sons of Mars, led the people that dwelt in Aspledon and Orchomenus the realm of Minyas.
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His body, cast into the sea, was brought to shore by dolphins and buried at Oenoe (or, according to Plutarch, at Ascra): at a later time his bones were removed to Orchomenus.
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