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In [[Greek mythology]], '''Lernus''' ([[Ancient Greek]]: Λέρνου) may refer to the following individuals:
* Lernus, son of [[Proetus]] of [[Nafplio|Nauplia]] and father of [[Naubolus (mythology)|Naubolus]].<ref>[[Apollonius Rhodius]], 1.135; [[Scholia]] on 4.1091</ref>
* Lernus, the [[Olenus (Aetolia)|Olenian]] father of  [[Palaemon (Greek myth)|Palaemon]], one of the [[Argonauts]].<ref>Apollonius of Rhodes, 1.202–203; [[Gaius Julius Hyginus|Hyginus]], ''Fabulae'' [https://topostext.org/work/206#14.4 14.4]</ref> The latter was also called the son of [[Aetolus (mythology)|Aetolus]]<ref name=":0">Apollodorus, 1.9.16</ref> or [[Hephaestus]]<ref>Apollonius of Rhodes, 1.204; Apollodorus, 1.9.16</ref>
* Lernus, the [[Rhodes|Rhodian]] father by [[Amphiale]] of [[Cleodorus]], one of the [[Achaeans (Homer)|Achaean]] soldiers in the [[Trojan War]]. This son was slayed with arrows by [[Paris (mythology)|Paris]], son of King [[Priam]] and Queen [[Hecuba]] of [[Troy]].<ref>[[Quintus Smyrnaeus]], [https://www.theoi.com/Text/QuintusSmyrnaeus10.html 10.221]</ref>
* Lernus, a [[Achaeans (Homer)|Greek]] warrior who was killed by the [[Amazons|Amazon]] Queen [[Penthesilea|Penthesilia]].<ref>Quintus Smyrnaeus, [https://www.theoi.com/Text/QuintusSmyrnaeus1.html 1.228]</ref>
== See also ==
* [[List of Trojan War characters]]
== Notes ==
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== References ==
* [[Bibliotheca (Pseudo-Apollodorus)|Apollodorus]], ''The Library'' with an English Translation by Sir James George Frazer, F.B.A., F.R.S. in 2 Volumes, Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1921. {{ISBN|0-674-99135-4}}. [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:1999.01.0022 Online version at the Perseus Digital Library.] [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:1999.01.0021 Greek text available from the same website].
*[[Apollonius of Rhodes|Apollonius Rhodius]], ''Argonautica'' translated by Robert Cooper Seaton (1853-1915), R. C. Loeb Classical Library Volume 001. London, William Heinemann Ltd, 1912. [https://topostext.org/work/126 Online version at the Topos Text Project.]
* Apollonius Rhodius, ''Argonautica''. George W. Mooney. London. Longmans, Green. 1912. [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:1999.01.0227 Greek text available at the Perseus Digital Library].
* [[Gaius Julius Hyginus]], ''Fabulae from The Myths of Hyginus'' translated and edited by Mary Grant. University of Kansas Publications in Humanistic Studies. [https://topostext.org/work/206 Online version at the Topos Text Project.]
* [[Quintus Smyrnaeus]], ''The Fall of Troy'' translated by Way. A. S. Loeb Classical Library Volume 19. London: William Heinemann, 1913. [http://www.theoi.com/Text/QuintusSmyrnaeus1.html Online version at theio.com]
* Quintus Smyrnaeus, ''The Fall of Troy''. Arthur S. Way. London: William Heinemann; New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons. 1913. [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:2008.01.0490 Greek text available at the Perseus Digital Library].
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