In Greek mythology, Orneus (; Ancient Greek: Ὀρνεύς) may refer to two different personages:
- Orneus, an Athenian prince as the son of King Erechtheus[1][2] and probably Praxithea, daughter of Phrasimus and Diogeneia.[3] His possible siblings were Protogeneia, Pandora, Creusa, Procris, Oreithyia, Chthonia,[4] Merope,[5] Cecrops, Pandorus, Metion,[6] Thespius,[7] Eupalamus[8] and Sicyon.[9] Orneus was the father of Peteus and through the latter became the grandfather of Menestheus,[10] successor of Theseus. The town of Orneae is believed to be named after him.[11] Otherwise, the eponym of the land was attributed to the naiad Ornea, daughter of the river-god Asopus and Metope.[12]
- Orneus, one of the centaurs who attended Pirithous' wedding. He fought against the Lapiths and fled.[13]
- ^ William Smith (1870). Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology. p. 57.
- ^ Pausanias, 2.25.6; Plutarch, Theseus 32.1; Stephanus of Byzantium, s.v. Orneiai; Eusebius, Chronographia 66
- ^ Apollodorus, 3.15.1
- ^ Suda s.v. Maidens, Virgins (Παρθένοι)
- ^ Plutarch, Theseus 19.5
- ^ Apollodorus, 3.15.1
- ^ Diodorus Siculus, 4.29.2
- ^ Diodorus Siculus, 4.76.1
- ^ Pausanias, 2.6.5 citing Hesiod (Ehoiai fr. 224) for Erechtheus
- ^ Pausanias, 2.25.6; Plutarch, Theseus 32.1
- ^ Pausanias, 2.25.6 & 10.35.8; Plutarch, Theseus 32.1; Stephanus of Byzantium, s.v. Orneiai
- ^ Diodorus Siculus, 4.72.1
- ^ Ovid, Metamorphoses 12.302; Pausanias, 3.18.16