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Ornytion
In Greek mythology, Ornytion (Ancient Greek: Ὀρνύτιων) or Ornytus (Ὄρνυτος) was a son of Sisyphus, brother of Glaucus, Almus and Thersander, and father of Phocus and Thoas.
A scholiast on Euripides relates of him that he came from Aonia to join the people of Hyampolis in the battle against the Opuntian Locrians over Daphnus and won himself the kingdom, which he handed over to Phocus and returned to Corinth with his other son Thoas, who later succeeded him.
Ornytion or Ornytus was also
the "Iliad".
- Phocus, son of Ornytion.
- Phocus, father of Callirhoe.
- Phocus, father of Manthea who consorted with Zeus and became the mother of Arctos by the god.
- Phocus and Priasus, two sons of Caeneus, were counted among the Argonauts.
- Phocus the builder, son of Danaus (?), is mentioned by Hyginus among the Achaeans against Troy, but is otherwise unknown. It is worth noting that Epeius, builder of the Trojan Horse,