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).
* 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".