Minyas
King who built the treasury and begot Orchomenus the eponym; Apollonius makes him son of Aeolus instead (Arg. 3.1077).1
Clymenus
King of the Minyans, wounded in a precinct of Poseidon by a Theban charioteer — the grievance that set Erginus' tribute on Thebes.2
Erginus
Son of Clymenus, who sent heralds to Thebes for the tribute until Heracles routed the Minyans and ended their exaction.3
Ascalaphus & Ialmenus
After Trophonius was swallowed in the Lebadeian grove, Pausanias says the kingdom of Orchomenus passed to the sons of Ares and Astyoche — the same pair Homer leads to Troy from Orchomenus and Aspledon.4
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the spine ignites as you read · the reign index on the card follows your place · starred rulers link to their codices
HER SKY
a mini-galaxy of 16 dwellers
MYTHS SET HERE
2 tales walk these walls
ON THE MAP
in Boeotia — Central Greece
Coordinates: Pleiades gazetteer, CC BY · place 540962