| rdfs:comment | - Erginus was the son of Klymenus and Boudeia. Though he is listed among the Argonauts his role is somewhat undefined. According to some authors Erginus was the Argonaut who piloted the Argo after Tiphys's death. This is questionable seeing as other sources claim Ankaeus replaiced Tiphys. The confusion is understandable since Ankaeus was one of Poseidon's sons and according to some sources list Erginus as the son of Poseidon.
- The Erginus is a giant lizard-like creature that first appeared in Earth Defense Force 4.1: The Shadow of New Despair.
- In Greek mythology, Erginus (Ancient Greek: Ἐργῖνος) was king of Minyan Orchomenus in Boeotia. He was the son of Clymenus, his predecessor, and Buzyge (or Budeia); his brothers were Arrhon, Azeus, Pyleus, and Stratius. Erginus avenged his father's death at the hands of the Thebans; he made war against Thebes, inflicting a heavy defeat. The Thebans were compelled to pay King Erginus a tribute of 100 oxen per year for twenty years. However, the tribute ended earlier than Erginus expected, when Heracles attacked the Minyan emissaries sent to exact the tribute. This prompted a second war between Orchomenus and Thebes, only this time Thebes (under the leadership of Heracles) was victorious, and a double tribute was imposed on the Orchomenians. Erginus was slain in battle according to the versio
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| abstract | - Erginus was the son of Klymenus and Boudeia. Though he is listed among the Argonauts his role is somewhat undefined. According to some authors Erginus was the Argonaut who piloted the Argo after Tiphys's death. This is questionable seeing as other sources claim Ankaeus replaiced Tiphys. The confusion is understandable since Ankaeus was one of Poseidon's sons and according to some sources list Erginus as the son of Poseidon.
- In Greek mythology, Erginus (Ancient Greek: Ἐργῖνος) was king of Minyan Orchomenus in Boeotia. He was the son of Clymenus, his predecessor, and Buzyge (or Budeia); his brothers were Arrhon, Azeus, Pyleus, and Stratius. Erginus avenged his father's death at the hands of the Thebans; he made war against Thebes, inflicting a heavy defeat. The Thebans were compelled to pay King Erginus a tribute of 100 oxen per year for twenty years. However, the tribute ended earlier than Erginus expected, when Heracles attacked the Minyan emissaries sent to exact the tribute. This prompted a second war between Orchomenus and Thebes, only this time Thebes (under the leadership of Heracles) was victorious, and a double tribute was imposed on the Orchomenians. Erginus was slain in battle according to the version of the story given by most ancient writers (e.g., the Bibliotheca, Strabo, Eustathius). But according to Pausanias, Erginus was spared by Heracles and lived to a ripe old age, and even fathered two sons (Trophonius and Agamedes) on a younger woman. Some authors identify him with Erginus, an Argonaut who piloted the Argo after Tiphys's death. Elsewhere, however, the Argonaut Erginus is said to be the son of Poseidon, and to have resided in the Carian city of Miletus, thus a distinct figure. Yet others suggested he was a son of Periclymenus. Erginus was also the name of:
* A defender of Thebes against the Seven, killed by Hippomedon.
* A descendant of Diomedes, who was instructed by Temenus to steal the Palladium from Argos and did so together with Leager, a friend of Temenus'.
- The Erginus is a giant lizard-like creature that first appeared in Earth Defense Force 4.1: The Shadow of New Despair.
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