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ORCHOMENUS (local form on coins and inscriptions, Erchomenos) , the name borne by two cities of ancient Greece. r. A Boeotian city, situated in an angle between the Cephissus and its tributary the Melas, on a long narrow hill which projects south from Mount
In prehistoric times Orchomenus, as is proved alike by archaeological finds and by an extensive cycle of legends, was one of the most prosperous towns of Greece. It was at once a continental and a maritime power. On the mainland it controlled the greater part of Boeotia and drew its riches from the fertile low-lands of Lake CopaIs, upon the drainage of which the early kings of Orchomenus bestowed great care. Its maritime connexions have not been as yet determined, but it is clear that its original
control . In the 4th century Orchomenus was actuated throughout by an anti-Theban policy, which may have been nothing more than a recrudescence of old-time rivalry, but seems chiefly inspired by aversion to the newly established democracy at Thebes. In the Corinthian War the city supported Lysander and Agesilaus in their attacks upon Thebes, and when war was renewed between the Thebans and Spartans in 379 Orchomenus again sided with the latter. After the battle of Leuctra it was left at the mercy of the Thebans, who first, on Epaminondas's advice, readmitted it into the Boeotian League, but in 368 destroyed the town and exterminated or enslaved its people. By 353 Orchomenus had been rebuilt, probably by the Phocians, who used it as a bulwark against Thebes. After the subjection of the Phocians in 346 it was again razed by the Thebans, but was restored by Philip of Macedon as a check upon the latter (338). Orchomenus springs into prominence once again in 85 Inc., when it provided the battle-field on whichothers. Neottiineae, including 90 genera, also terrestrial, contains thirteen more or less widely distributed tropical or subtropical subtribes, some of which extend into temperate zones; one, Cephalanthereae, which includes our British genera Cephalanthera and Epipactis is chiefly north temperate. The British genera Spiranthes, Listera and Neottia are also included in this tribe, as is also Vanilla, the elongated stem of which climbs by means of tendril-like aerial rootsthe long fleshy pod is the vanilla used for flavouring. Coelogyninae, 7 genera, mostly epiphytes, and inhabitants of tropical Asia. A single internode of each shoot is swollen to form a pseudobulb. Liparidinae, 9 genera, terrestrial, two, Malaxis and Corallorhiza, 'are British. Liparis is a large genus widely distributed in the tropics. Pleurothallidinae, characterized by a thin stem bearing one leaf which separates at a distinct joint; the sepals are usually much larger than the petals and lip. Includes io genera, natives of tropical America, one of which, Pleurothallis, contains about 400 species. Masde'allia is common in cultivation and has often brilliant scarlet, crimson or orange flowers
Laeliinae, with 22 genera, natives of the warmer parts of America, including three of those best known in cultivation, Epidendrum, Cattleya and Laelia. The jointed leaves are fleshy or leathery; the flowers
Phajinae, includes 15 genera chiefly tropical Asiatic, somePhajus and Calanthespreading northwards into China and Japan. Cystopodiinae, includes 9genera tropical, but extending into north the Roman general Sulla destroyed an army of Mithradates VI. of Pontus. Apart from this event its later history is obscure, and its decadence is further attested by the neglectful drainage of the plain and the consequent encroachments of Lake Copais. Since medieval times the site has been occupied by a village
The worship of the Charites (see GRACES) was the great cultus of Orchomenus; and the site of the temple is now occupied by a chapel, the KoL o ris T~s Hava'yias. The Charites were worshipped under the form of rude stones, which had fallen from heaven during the reign of Eteocles; and it was not till the time of Pausanias that statues of the goddesses were placed in the temple. Near this was another temple dedicated to Dionysus, in whose festival, the 'Aypalw a, are apparent the traces of human sacrifice in early times (see AGRIONIA).See Strabo viii. p. 374, ix. pp. 407, 414-416; Pausanias ix. 34-38; Thucydides i. 12, iv. 76; Xenophon, Hellenica, iii. 5, iv. 3, vi. 4; Diodorus xv., xvi. ; Plutarch, Sulla, chs. 30-31; K. O. Muller, Orchomenos and die Minyer (Breslau, 1844) ; B. V. Head, Historia numorum (Oxford, 1877), pp. 293-294; Journal of Hellenic Studies, vol. ii. pls. xii., xiii. 2. An Arcadian city, situated in a district of the same name, north of Mantineia and west of Stymphalus. The district was mountainous, but embraced two valleysthe northern containing a lake which is drained, like all Arcadian lakes, by a katavothron; the southern lying under the city, separated from Mantineia by a mountain ridge
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In early history Orchomenus figures as a town of some importance, for its kings until the late
capital Megalopolis. In the 3rd century Orchomenus belonged in turn to the Aetolian League, to the Lacedaemonians, and, since 222, to the Achaean League. Though a fairly extensive settlement still existed on the site in the and century A.D., its history under the Roman rule is quite obscure.See Pausanias, viii. chs. 5, 11-13, 27; B. V. Head, Historia numorum (Oxford, 1887), pp. 377-378. End of Article: ORCHOMENUS (local form on coins and inscriptions, Erchomenos) If you wish, you can link directly to this article.
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