Tmolus ( /ˈmoʊləs/; Ancient Greek: Τμῶλος, Tmōlos) was a mythical Greek king of Lydia and husband to Omphale. In Greek mythology, he figures as a mountain god, a son of Ares and Theogone and he judged the musical contest between Pan and Apollo. When Tmolus was gored to death by a bull on the mountain that bears his name, his widow, Omphale, became queen-regnant of Lydia. Through her, Lydian reign passed into the hands of the Tylonid ( Heraclid) dynasty. He is almost certainly the same as the Tmolus who was the father of Tantalus by Plouto according to a scholion to Euripides Orestes 5. [1]
Tmolus ( /ˈmoʊləs/; Ancient Greek: Τμῶλος, Tmōlos) was a mythical Greek king of Lydia and husband to Omphale. In Greek mythology, he figures as a mountain god, a son of Ares and Theogone and he judged the musical contest between Pan and Apollo. When Tmolus was gored to death by a bull on the mountain that bears his name, his widow, Omphale, became queen-regnant of Lydia. Through her, Lydian reign passed into the hands of the Tylonid ( Heraclid) dynasty. He is almost certainly the same as the Tmolus who was the father of Tantalus by Plouto according to a scholion to Euripides Orestes 5. [1]