ISMENIUS

1. A son of Apollo and Melia, who is said to have given his name to the Boeotian river which was before called Ladon or Cadmus.

2. A surname of Apollo at Thebes, who had a temple on the river Ismenus. The sanctuary of the god, at which the Daphnephoria was celebrated, bore the name of Ismenium, and was situated outside the city.