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In Greek mythology, Tmolus (/ˈmoʊləs/; Ancient Greek: Τμῶλος, Tmōlos) may refer to the following figures:

Tmolus, a king of Lydia, and the husband of Omphale to whom he bequeathed his kingdom.^[1]

Tmolus, the god of Mount Tmolus in Lydia, who was the judge of a musical contest between the gods Apollo and Pan (or the satyr Marsyas). When Tmolus awarded the victory to Apollo, Midas the king of Phrygia disagreed, Apollo transformed Midas' ears into the ears of an ass.^[2]

Tmolus, the father of Tantalus by Pluto.^[3] However the father of Tantalus (by Pluto) was usually said to be Zeus.^[4]

Tmolus, a son of Proteus, who along with his brother Telegonus was killed by Heracles.^[5] However according to the mythographer Apollodorus, the two sons of Proteus killed by Heracles were named Telegonus and Polygonus.^[6]

Tmolus, a son of Ares and Theogone, was a king of Lydia. While hunting on a mountain, Tmolus raped a companion of Artemis, who then hung herself. Angry, Artemis caused Tmolus to be killed by a raging bull. Theoclymenus, Tmolus' son, buried his father on the mountain, after which the mountain was call Mount Tmolus.^[7]

Notes

^ Hard, p. 274; Gantz, p. 440; Grimal, s.vv. Omphale, Tmolus 1; Tripp, s.v. Omphale; Apollodorus, 2.6.3; Parada, s.vv. Omphale, Tmolus. Kaletsch, s.v. Tmolus 1 and Parada, s.v. Tmolus treat this Tmolus as the same as the god of Mount Tmolus.
^ Hard, pp. 157–158; Oxford Classical Dictionary, s.v. Tmolus; Ovid, Metamorphoses 11.146–193; Hyginus, Fabulae 191; Vatican Mythographers, 1.89. Kaletsch, s.v. Tmolus 1 and Parada, s.v. Tmolus treat this Tmolus as the same as the Tmolus who was the husband of Omphale, while Smith, s.v. Tmolus 1 treats this Tmolus as the same as the father of Tantalus by Pluto.
^ Junk, s.v. Pluto 1, and Gantz, p. 536, both citing a scholion to Euripides, Orestes 5. Smith, s.v. Tmolus 1 treats this Tmolus as the same as the god of Mount Tmolus.
^ Gantz, p. 536; Grimal, s.v. Tantalus 1; Parada, s.v. Pluto 3.
^ Smith, s.v. Tmolus 2; Lycophron, Alexandra 124, with Mair's notes a and c; Tzetzes, John, Chiliades, 320–321, Scholia eis Lycophrona 124.
^ Grimal, s.v. Polygonus; Tripp, s.v. Polygonus and Telogonus; Apollodorus, 2.5.9.
^ Grimal, s.v. Tmolus 2; Pseudo-Plutarch, De fluviis 7.5.

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Kaletsch, Hans, s.v. Tmolus 1, in Brill’s New Pauly Online, Antiquity volumes edited by: Hubert Cancik and, Helmuth Schneider, English Edition by: Christine F. Salazar, Classical Tradition volumes edited by: Manfred Landfester, English Edition by: Francis G. Gentry, published online: 2006.

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Oxford Classical Dictionary, edited by Tim Whitmarsh, digital ed, New York, Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-938113-5.

Parada, Carlos, Genealogical Guide to Greek Mythology, Jonsered, Paul Åströms Förlag, 1993. ISBN 978-91-7081-062-6.

Pepin, Ronald E., The Vatican Mythographers, Fordham University Press, 2008. ISBN 9780823228928. Google Books.

Pseudo-Plutarch, About Rivers and Mountains and Things Found in Them, translated by Thomas M. Banchich, with Sarah Brill, Emilyn Haremza, Dustin Hummel, and Ryan Post, Canisius College Translated Texts, Number 4, Canisius College, Buffalo, New York, 2010. PDF.

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Tzetzes, John, Chiliades, editor Gottlieb Kiessling, F.C.G. Vogel, 1826. Google Books. (English translation: Book I by Ana Untila; Books II–IV, by Gary Berkowitz; Books V–VI by Konstantino Ramiotis; Books VII–VIII by Vasiliki Dogani; Books IX–X by Jonathan Alexander; Books XII–XIII by Nikolaos Giallousis. Internet Archive).

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