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<p>In <a href="/facts/Greek_mythology/M7k4FvW8">Greek mythology</a>, the name Ismenus (<a href="/facts/Ancient_Greek/LIK7NlUh">Ancient Greek</a>: Ἰσμηνός) or Ismenius may refer to: </p> <ul><li>Ismenus or Ismenius, son of <a href="/facts/Oceanus/nQwapyjW">Oceanus</a> and <a href="/facts/Tethys_(mythology)/P1kFExsh">Tethys</a>, god of the river of the same name. He was mentioned as the father of several spring <a href="/facts/Nymphs/IfccICyh">nymphs</a>, including <a href="/facts/Dirce/Yun24oqC">Dirce</a> and <a href="/facts/Strophia_(mythology)/2y0P5t8U">Strophia</a>, also <a href="/facts/Crocale/kqK6pn3j">Crocale</a> and the musician <a href="/facts/Linus_of_Thrace/6RoHAX2p">Linus</a>. In <a href="/facts/Statius/j9oKLrxF">Statius</a>' <i><a href="/facts/Thebaid_(Latin_poem)/KoW79Xy9">Thebaid</a></i>, the river god Ismenus gets involved in the war of the <a href="/facts/Seven_against_Thebes/Hx4adB69">Seven against Thebes</a>: he attempts to raise his waters against <a href="/facts/Hippomedon/GLhVcAyu">Hippomedon</a> in revenge for the death of Crenaeus, son of his daughter <a href="/facts/Ismenis/jSqlR182">Ismenis</a> by <a href="/facts/Pan_(god)/sVpk5MrJ">Pan</a>, but has to withdraw his attack at the request of <a href="/facts/Zeus/9wTwkEDt">Zeus</a>.</li> <li>Ismenus, son of <a href="/facts/Asopus/17RIIW29">Asopus</a> and <a href="/facts/Metope_(mythology)/Jl1VMjIs">Metope</a>, <a href="/facts/Eponym/2q9tXlTQ">eponym</a> of River Ismenus in <a href="/facts/Boeotia/V8Prmucy">Boeotia</a>, on the banks of which he settled.</li> <li>Ismenus, one of the <a href="/facts/Niobids/eJfuu8as">Niobids</a>.</li> <li>Ismenus, also spelled Ismenius, son of <a href="/facts/Apollo/eBJV1wsJ">Apollo</a> and the <a href="/facts/Oceanid/C8Jofchp">Oceanid</a> <a href="/facts/Melia_(consort_of_Apollo)/m0vep3MP">Melia</a>, brother of the seer <a href="/facts/Tenerus_(son_of_Apollo)/QjV8Dh2e">Tenerus</a>, and an alternate eponym of River Ismenus, which is said to have previously been known as <a href="/facts/Ladon_(river)/wwCloeTb">Ladon</a>.</li></ul>