Carmanor (of Crete)

This article is about the Cretan priest. For the son of Dionysus, see Carmanor (son of Dionysus).

In Greek mythology, Carmanor or Karmanor (Ancient Greek: Καρμάνωρ Karmánōr) was a Cretan priest who purified Apollo after he killed the Delphic dragon Python.[1] He was the father of two children Euboulus and Chrysothemis. According to Walter Burkert the name Carmanor "does not appear to be Greek".[2]

  1. ^ Grimal, p. 89 s.v. Carmanor; Cook, p. 190; Smith, s.v. Carmanor, s.v. Chrysothemis, s.v. Eubulus.
  2. ^ Burkert, p. 63. For the root krm as West Semitic "vineyard", see Stanislav Segert, A Basic Grammar of the Ugaritic Language, s.v. "krm", with comparisons in Hebrew, Syrian and Arabic.