Olynthus (mythology)

Olynthus
Founder of Olynthus
Genealogy
ParentsStrymon (Eioneus) and Euterpe/Calliope/Terpsichore or Heracles and Bolbe
SiblingsRhesus, Brangas, Sete

In Greek mythology, Olynthus (Ancient Greek: Ὄλυνθος) was a son of Heracles and Bolbe, from whom the ancient city of Olynthus, and the river Olynthus near Apollonia, were believed to have received their name according to Athenaeus.[1] According to Conon[2] and Stephanus of Byzantium,[3] Olynthus was son of king Strymon, and brother of Brangas and Rhesus.[2]

  1. ^ Athenaeus, Deipnosophistae 8 p. 334
  2. ^ a b Conon, 4
  3. ^ Stephanus of Byzantium, s.v. Olynthus