Armenus

{{Short description|Argonaut from Greek mythology}} {{distinguish|Arimanius|Arminius (disambiguation){{!}}Arminius|Armenius}} In Greek mythology, '''Armenus''' or '''Armenius''' ({{langx|grc|Ἄρμενος}}) was one of the Argonauts, though he was obscure and rarely discussed.<ref>{{cite book | last =Banier | first =Antoine | authorlink =Antoine Banier | title =The Mythology and Fables of the Ancients, Explain'd from History | publisher =A. Millar | series = | volume =4 | date =1740 | pages =19 | language =English | url =https://books.google.com/books?id=BCv0vXIe0xkC | isbn = | accessdate=2023-04-24}}</ref>

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.<ref>Strabo, ''Geographica'' [http://data.perseus.org/citations/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0099.tlg001.perseus-eng2:11.4.8 11.4.8].</ref><ref>Justin 42.2</ref><ref>Stephanus of Byzantium, ''Ethnica'' ''s.v.'' Ἀρμενία</ref><ref>{{cite book | last =Sanducci | first =A. | title =Ancient Scholars about the Turks and the Turkic Nations | chapter=The Phrygian tribes: the Berecyntes, Cerbesii, Peloponnesians, Dorians, Leucadians, LAcedemonians, Armenians | publisher =World Scholarly Press | series = | volume =2 | date =2022 | pages =519–522 | language =English | url =https://books.google.com/books?id=sndmEAAAQBAJ | isbn = 9798985923704 | accessdate=2023-04-24}}</ref>

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==References== * Strabo, ''Geography'', edited and translated by H.C. Hamilton, Esq., W. Falconer, M.A., London, George Bell & Sons, 1903. [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.01.0239%3Abook%3Dnotice Online version at the Perseus Digital Library]. {{DGRBM|author=LS|title= Armenius |volume=1|page=347|url=https://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/moa/acl3129.0001.001/362}}

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