Otreus
mythological figure · 2 works · 2 mentions · 2 anchored passages
in the texts
Iliad
Phrygian leader recalled by Priam as a past ally against the Amazons.
When I was in Phrygia I saw much horsemen, the people of Otreus and of Mygdon, who were camping upon the banks of the river Sangarios;
Hymn 5 to Aphrodite
Otreus is the Phrygian ruler whom Aphrodite falsely claims as her mortal father.
Otreus of famous name is my father, if so be you have heard of him, and he reigns over all Phrygia rich in fortresses.
-->“If you are a mortal and a woman was the mother who bare you, and Otreus of famous name is your father as you say, and if you are come here by the will of Hermes the immortal Guide, and are to be called my wife always, then neither god nor mortal man shall here restrain me till I have lain with you in love right now;