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Armenus

In Greek mythology, Armenus or Armenius was one of the Argonauts, though he was obscure and rarely discussed.

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In Greek mythology, Armenus or Armenius (Ancient Greek: Ἄρμενος) was one of the Argonauts, though he was obscure and rarely discussed.1

He was believed to have been a native of Rhodes or of Armenion in Thessaly, and to have settled in the country which was called, after him, Armenia.2345

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  1. Banier, Antoine (1740). The Mythology and Fables of the Ancients, Explain'd from History. Vol. 4. A. Millar. p. 19. Retrieved 2023-04-24.
  2. Strabo, Geographica 11.4.8.
  3. Justin 42.2
  4. Stephanus of Byzantium, Ethnica s.v. Ἀρμενία
  5. Sanducci, A. (2022). "The Phrygian tribes: the Berecyntes, Cerbesii, Peloponnesians, Dorians, Leucadians, LAcedemonians, Armenians". Ancient Scholars about the Turks and the Turkic Nations. Vol. 2. World Scholarly Press. pp. 519–522. ISBN 9798985923704. Retrieved 2023-04-24.
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References

 This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domainSchmitz, Leonhard (1870). "Armenius". In Smith, William (ed.). Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology. Vol. 1. p. 347.