lamos

Lamos (Latinized as Lamus) is a name variously applied in Greek mythology and in classical geographical writings.

Lamos (Helicon), a small river on the summit of Mt. Helicon according to Pausanias (9.31.7). A note in the Loeb edition indicates some prefer the reading Olmios.
Lamos (Cilicia), a river in Cilicia (still called Lamas or Lamuzo) which gave to the surrounding area the name Lamotis. Also a village at the mouth of river. The river marked the boundary between Cilicia Aspera and Cilicia Propria. (Alexander Polyhistor cited by Stephanus of Byzantium, Strabo 14, Ptolemy 5.8.4,6.)
Lamos (son of Zeus), to be identified with one of the above. In Nonnus' Dionysiaca this Lamos son of Zeus is a river god who is father to the "river-nymphs" also called Hyades who become nurses to the infant Dionysus (9.23; 14.147, 24.50).
Lamos (Omphale), a son fathered on Omphale by Heracles according to Diodorus Siculus (4.31.8) and Ovid in his Heroides (9.54).
Lamos (Theban), a defender of Thebes slain by Parthenopaeus in battle in Statius' Thebaid (9.764)
Lamos (Trojan), a Trojan slain by Thoas according to Quintus Smyrnaeus' Fall of Troy (11.90).
Lamus (Turnus), one of Turnus' supporters who is slain by Nisus in Virgil's Aeneid (9.334).
Lamos (Laestrygonian), name associated with the Laestrygonian city of Telepylus in the Odyssey (10.105), traditionally taken as the name of a former king or co-regent but possibly another name for the city itself. Roman authors make this Lamos eponym to the Lamiae family of Formiae.

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