Almops Explained

Almops (Greek, Ancient (to 1453);: Ἄλμωψ) was, in Greek mythology, a giant son of the god Poseidon and the half-nymph Helle.^[1] He was the brother of Paeon (called "Edonus" in some accounts).^[2]

It is from Almops that the now-obsolete name for the region of Almopia and its inhabitants, the Almopes, in Macedonia, Greece, were believed to have derived their name.^[3]

References

• Stephanus of Byzantium, Stephani Byzantii Ethnicorum quae supersunt, edited by August Meineike (1790-1870), published 1849. A few entries from this important ancient handbook of place names have been translated by Brady Kiesling. Online version at the Topos Text Project.

Notes and References

1. Encyclopedia: Schmitz . Leonhard . Leonhard Schmitz . Almops . William Smith . William Smith (lexicographer) . . 1 . 132 . . Boston . 1867 .
2. Book: Bell, Robert E. . Women of Classical Mythology . . 1991 . 230 . 0-87436-581-3 . registration .
3. [Stephanus of Byzantium|Stephanus]