A Dictionary of Greek and Roman biography and mythology

Smith, William

A Dictionary of Greek and Roman biography and mythology. William Smith, LLD, ed. 1890

(Λάμιος), or LAMUS, a son of Heracles and Omphale, from whom the Thessalian town of Lamia was believed to have derived its name. (Diod. 4.31; Steph. Byz. s. vv. Λαμία, Βάργασα; Ov. Ep. 9.54.)

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