Lămus

, a king of the Læstrygones, who is supposed by some to have founded Formiæ in Italy. The family of the Lamiæ at Rome was, according to the opinion of some, descended from him. Horace , bk. 3 , ode 17.――A son of Hercules and Omphale, who succeeded his mother on the throne of Lydia. Ovid , Heroides , poem 9, li. 54 .――A Latin chief killed by Nisus. Virgil , Æneid , bk. 9 , li. 334 .――A river of Bœotia. Pausanias , bk. 9 , ch. 31 .――A Spartan general hired by Nectanebus king of Egypt. Diodorus , bk. 16 .――A city of Cilicia.――A town near Formiæ built by the Læstrygones.