Omphale

Omphălē, ēs, f., = Ὀμφάλη,

• a queen of Lydia, whom Hercules served, Hyg. Fab. 32; Prop. 4, 10, 17; Ov. F. 2, 305; Stat. Th. 10, 646; cf. Preller's Gr. Mythol. 2, p. 158.

Omphalē, es, f. (Ὀμφάλη), Tochter des lydischen Königs Jordanos und Gemahlin des Tmolos, nach dessen Tode Königin in Lydien, bei der Herkules, der Sage nach wegen des an Iphitus begangenen Mordes, als Sklave verkauft, in weiblicher Kleidung diente, Ter. eun. 1027. Prop. 3, 11, 17. Hyg. fab. 32. – ➳ Nbf. Omphala, Genet. Omphalae, Lact. 1, 9, 7: Abl. Omphalā, Hyg. astr. 2, 14.

Omphălē, (16) ēs, f. (Ὀμφάλη), Omphale [reine de Lydie, acheta Hercule quand il fut vendu comme esclave ; on a souvent représenté Hercule filant aux pieds dʼOmphale] : Ter. Eun. 1027 ; Prop. 3, 11, 17 || -ăla, æ, Lact. Inst. 1, 9, 7 ; Hyg. Astr. 2, 14.

Omphălé

(Ὀμφάλη). The daughter of the Lydian king Iardanus, and wife of Tmolus, on whose death she governed the kingdom herself. When Heracles was cursed with a dangerous disease as a punishment for the slaying of Iphitus, the oracle informed him that he could only be cured by serving for hire for a period of three years. To effect the cure, Hermes sold him to Omphalé, with whom he fell in love, and to please her put on her garments and spun wool, while she wore his lion skin. By him she had several children (Diod.iv. 31; Apollod.ii.6.3; Ovid, Fasti, ii. 305; Her. ix. 53).

Omphale Omphale

• Herakles stays with: Paus. 1.35.8
• mistress of Herakles: Apollod. 1.9.18
• daughter of Iardanus(Iardanes), queen of Lydia, buys Herakles as a slave: Apollod. 2.6.2
• his servitude with her: Apollod. 2.6.2, Apollod. 2.6.3, Apollod. 2.6.3
• mother of Agelaus by Herakles: Apollod. 2.7.8