# Lernus

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In [Greek mythology](/source/Greek_mythology), '''Lernus''' ([Ancient Greek](/source/Ancient_Greek): Λέρνου) may refer to the following individuals:

* Lernus, son of [Proetus](/source/Proetus) of [Nauplia](/source/Nafplio) and father of [Naubolus](/source/Naubolus_(mythology)).<ref>[Apollonius Rhodius](/source/Apollonius_Rhodius), 1.135; [Scholia](/source/Scholia) on 4.1091</ref>
* Lernus, the [Olenian](/source/Olenus_(Aetolia)) father of  [Palaemon](/source/Palaemon_(Greek_myth)), one of the [Argonauts](/source/Argonauts).<ref>Apollonius of Rhodes, 1.202–203; [Hyginus](/source/Gaius_Julius_Hyginus), ''Fabulae'' [https://topostext.org/work/206#14.4 14.4]</ref> The latter was also called the son of [Aetolus](/source/Aetolus_(mythology))<ref name=":0">Apollodorus, 1.9.16</ref> or [Hephaestus](/source/Hephaestus)<ref>Apollonius of Rhodes, 1.204; Apollodorus, 1.9.16</ref>
* Lernus, the [Rhodian](/source/Rhodes) father by [Amphiale](/source/Amphiale) of [Cleodorus](/source/Cleodorus), one of the [Achaean](/source/Achaeans_(Homer)) soldiers in the [Trojan War](/source/Trojan_War). This son was slayed with arrows by [Paris](/source/Paris_(mythology)), son of King [Priam](/source/Priam) and Queen [Hecuba](/source/Hecuba) of [Troy](/source/Troy).<ref>[Quintus Smyrnaeus](/source/Quintus_Smyrnaeus), [https://www.theoi.com/Text/QuintusSmyrnaeus10.html 10.221]</ref>
* Lernus, a [Greek](/source/Achaeans_(Homer)) warrior who was killed by the [Amazon](/source/Amazons) Queen [Penthesilia](/source/Penthesilea).<ref>Quintus Smyrnaeus, [https://www.theoi.com/Text/QuintusSmyrnaeus1.html 1.228]</ref>

== See also ==

* [List of Trojan War characters](/source/List_of_Trojan_War_characters)

== Notes ==
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== References ==

* [Apollodorus](/source/Bibliotheca_(Pseudo-Apollodorus)), ''The Library'' with an English Translation by Sir James George Frazer, F.B.A., F.R.S. in 2 Volumes, Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1921. {{ISBN|0-674-99135-4}}. [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:1999.01.0022 Online version at the Perseus Digital Library.] [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:1999.01.0021 Greek text available from the same website].
*[Apollonius Rhodius](/source/Apollonius_of_Rhodes), ''Argonautica'' translated by Robert Cooper Seaton (1853-1915), R. C. Loeb Classical Library Volume 001. London, William Heinemann Ltd, 1912. [https://topostext.org/work/126 Online version at the Topos Text Project.]
* Apollonius Rhodius, ''Argonautica''. George W. Mooney. London. Longmans, Green. 1912. [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:1999.01.0227 Greek text available at the Perseus Digital Library].
* [Gaius Julius Hyginus](/source/Gaius_Julius_Hyginus), ''Fabulae from The Myths of Hyginus'' translated and edited by Mary Grant. University of Kansas Publications in Humanistic Studies. [https://topostext.org/work/206 Online version at the Topos Text Project.]
* [Quintus Smyrnaeus](/source/Quintus_Smyrnaeus), ''The Fall of Troy'' translated by Way. A. S. Loeb Classical Library Volume 19. London: William Heinemann, 1913. [http://www.theoi.com/Text/QuintusSmyrnaeus1.html Online version at theio.com]
* Quintus Smyrnaeus, ''The Fall of Troy''. Arthur S. Way. London: William Heinemann; New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons. 1913. [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:2008.01.0490 Greek text available at the Perseus Digital Library].

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