Amyntor (mythology)
Set of mythological Greek characters
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ToursExplore Lably’s 3D tours- Amyntor, the son of Ormenus, king of Eleon or Ormenium, and the father of Phoenix, Crantor, and Astydamia, who bore Heracles a son named Ctesippus.
- Amyntor was one of the sons of Aegyptus. He was killed by his wife, Damone, one of the Danaïdes.
- Amyntor, son of Phrastor, was the father of Teutamides and grandfather of Nanas. In the latter's reign, the Pelasgians were driven out of Greece and colonized a land which was later called Tyrrhenia.
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