Lamus

• A mythic king of the Laestrygonians, a son of Neptune, and the founder of Formiae, Hor. C. 3, 17, 1; Sil. 8, 530; hence, urbs Lami, i.e. Formiae, Ov. M. 14, 233.—
• II A son of Hercules and Omphale, Ov. H. 9, 54.—
• III The name of a horse, Sil. 16, 474.

(Λάμος), a son of Poseidon, was king of the Laestrygones. (Hom. Od. 10.81; Eustath. ad Hom. p. 1649; Horat. Curm. 3.17, 1; comp. Lamius.) [L.S]

LAMUS (Λάμος), a village of Cilicia, at the mouth of the river Lamus, from which the whole district derived the name of Lamotis. The river is mentioned by Stephanus B. (from Alexander Polyhistor), and both the river and the village by Strabo (14. p. 671) and Ptolemy (Ptol. 5.8. § § 4, 6). The river, which is otherwise of no importance, formed the boundary between Cilicia Aspera and Cilicia Propria, and still bears the name of Lamas or Lamuzo. About the village of Lamus no particulars are known. (Comp. Nonnus, Dionys. 24.50; Hierocl. p. 709.)

Son of Poseidon and king of the Laestrygones, said to have founded Formiae in Italy. See Formiae; Laestrygones.

(Λάμος). A river and town of Cilicia.