Lamus
Americannoun
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a son of Hercules and Omphale.
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the king of a people who attacked 11 ships of Odysseus and devoured their crews.
Example Sentences
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Under the character of one person is to be understood a priesthood: of which community each man was called Lamus, and each priestess Lamia.
From A New System; or, an Analysis of Antient Mythology. Volume II. (of VI.) by Bryant, Jacob
In the year 808 the second ransoming between the Moslems and the Greeks took place near the river Lamus.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 1 "Calhoun" to "Camoens" by Various
In 805 the first great ransoming of Moslem prisoners took place on the banks of the little river Lamus in Cilicia.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 1 "Calhoun" to "Camoens" by Various
Their chief city, the same probably, which was named Tauromenium, is mentioned by Homer, as the city of Lamus.
From A New System; or, an Analysis of Antient Mythology. Volume II. (of VI.) by Bryant, Jacob
Six days we navigated, day and night, The briny flood, and on the seventh reach’d The city erst by Lamus built sublime, Proud Læstrygonia, with the distant gates.
From The Odyssey of Homer by Cowper, William
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