Orneus

Role: father of Peteus · First appears: Book 2 · Chapter 25

In Book 2, Chapter 25, Orneus is identified as the son of Erechtheus and the father of Peteos, who was the father of Menestheus. In Book 10, Chapter 35, the people of Stiris are said to have come from Attica with Peteus, the son of Orneus, after Peteus was expelled from Athens by Ægeus.

Relationship record

Book 2 · Chapter 25

• child: Peteos (Orneus is Peteos's father.) “And it got its name from Orneus the son of Erechtheus: and this Orneus had a son Peteos, and he had a son Menestheus, who aided Agamemnon with a force from Athens to put down the dominion of Priam.”
• parent: Erechtheus (parent->child) “And it got its name from Orneus the son of Erechtheus: and this Orneus had a son Peteos, and he had a son Menestheus, who aided Agamemnon with a force from Athens to put down the dominion of Priam.”

Book 10 · Chapter 35

• child: Peteus “The people of Stiris say they were originally Athenians, and came from Attica with Peteus the son of Orneus, who was expelled from Athens by Ægeus: and as most of the followers of Peteus came from the township Stiria they called the town Stiris.”

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Extracted from the original text of Pausanias' Description of Greece. Made with Rho MD.