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Schoeneus
In
Greek mythology
,
Schoeneus
was the name of several individuals:
Schoeneus, a
Boeotian
king
, the son of
Athamas
and
Themisto
. He may have
emigrated
to
Arcadia
, where a
village
Schoenous and a
river
Schoeneus
flowing
by it were
believed
to have been named after him, and where his
children
were believed to have originated from. He was the
father of
Atalanta
, and also of the
Arcadian
Clymenus
.
Schoeneus, son of
Autonous
and
Hippodamia
. When his
brother
Anthus
was
killed
by their father's
horses
,
Zeus
and
Apollo
pitied Schoeneus and
transformed
him into a
bird
.
Schoeneus,
a man
who reared
Orestes
, from whose
home
Orestes
directed
to
Argos
to
avenge
the
death
of his
father
on
Clytaemnestra
.