What is "elymus"

In Greek and Roman mythology, Elymus (or Elumos) was the mythical ancestor of the Elymians, natives of Sicily. Elymus was a Trojan, a natural son of Anchises and a brother of Eryx.

Previous to the emigration of Aeneas, also a son of Anchises, Elymus and Acestes had fled from Troy to Sicily, and had settled on the banks of the river Crinisus, in the country of the Sicani. When afterwards the Trojan refugees led by Aeneas also arrived there, Elymus built for them the towns of Segesta and Elyme, and the Trojans who settled in that part of Sicily called themselves Elymi, after Elymus.

Strabo calls him Elymnus, and says that he went to Sicily with Aeneas, and that they together took possession of the cities of Eryx and Lilybaeum. Elymus was further believed to have founded Asca and Entella in Sicily.

In the Aeneid, Vergil has Elymnus competing in the funeral games held on Sicily for Anchises, in the footrace in which Nisus and Euryalus are introduced. As Helymus, he is also listed among the competitors by Hyginus, who says he finished second to Euryalus and was awarded an Amazonian quiver.

Elymus is a genus of perennial plants in the grass family, related to rye, wheat, and other widely grown cereal grains.

Elymus is widespread across much of Eurasia, North America, and South America. Common names include wildrye and wheatgrass.

The following species are recognised by The Plant List:

• Elymus abolinii
• Elymus afghanicus
• Elymus africanus
• Elymus alatavicus
• Elymus albicans
• Elymus alienus
• Elymus alopex
• Elymus alpinus
• Elymus altissimus
• Elymus angsaiensis
• Elymus angulatus
• Elymus angustispiculatus
• Elymus anthosachnoides
• Elymus antiquus
• Elymus apricus
• Elymus arcuatus
• Elymus aristiglumis
• Elymus arizonicus
• Elymus athericus
• Elymus atratus
• Elymus bakeri
• Elymus barbatus
• Elymus barbicallus
• Elymus barystachyus
• Elymus batalinii
• Elymus borianus
• Elymus × ''brachyphyllus'
• Elymus brevipes
• Elymus bungeanus
• Elymus burchan-buddae
• Elymus buschianus
• Elymus cacuminus
• Elymus caesifolius
• Elymus caianus
• Elymus calcicola
• Elymus calderi
• Elymus californicus
• Elymus canadensis
• Elymus caninus
• Elymus caucasicus
• Elymus cheniae
• Elymus churchii
• Elymus ciliaris
• Elymus cinereus
• Elymus clivorum
• Elymus cognatus
• Elymus colorans
• Elymus confusus
• Elymus cordilleranus
• Elymus curtiaristatus
• Elymus curvatiformis
• Elymus curvifolius
• Elymus × czilikensis
• Elymus czimganicus
• Elymus dahuricus
• Elymus debilis
• Elymus dentatus
• Elymus distichus
• Elymus diversiglumis
• Elymus dolichatherus
• Elymus drobovii
• Elymus × drucei
• Elymus durus
• Elymus duthiei
• Elymus × ebingeri
• Elymus edelbergii
• Elymus elongatus
• Elymus elymoides
• Elymus enysii
• Elymus erosiglumis
• Elymus falcis
• Elymus farctus
• Elymus fedtschenkoi
• Elymus festucoides
• Elymus fibrosus
• Elymus flaccidifolius
• Elymus formosanus
• Elymus geminatus
• Elymus gentryi
• Elymus glaberrimus
• Elymus glaucissimus
• Elymus glaucus
• Elymus gmelinii
• Elymus grandiglumis
• Elymus grandis
• Elymus × hansenii
• Elymus himalayanus
• Elymus hirsutus
• Elymus hispidus
• Elymus hitchcockii
• Elymus hoffmannii
• Elymus hondae
• Elymus hongyuanensis
• Elymus hordeoides
• Elymus humidorum
• Elymus humilis
• Elymus hybridus
• Elymus hystrix
• Elymus × incertus
• Elymus interruptus
• Elymus intramongolicus
• Elymus ircutensis
• Elymus jacquemontii
• Elymus jacutensis
• Elymus karakabinicus
• Elymus kaschgaricus
• Elymus kengii
• Elymus khokhrjakovii
• Elymus kokonoricus
• Elymus kuramensis
• Elymus lancangensis
• Elymus lanceolatus
• Elymus laxiflorus
• Elymus laxinodis
• Elymus lazicus
• Elymus leiotropis
• Elymus lenensis
• Elymus libanoticus
• Elymus × littoreus
• Elymus lolioides
• Elymus longiaristatus
• Elymus longifolius
• Elymus longisetus
• Elymus macgregorii
• Elymus macgregoriorum
• Elymus macrochaetus
• Elymus macrourus
• Elymus magadanensis
• Elymus magellanicus
• Elymus magnicaespes
• Elymus magnipodus
• Elymus × maltei
• Elymus marginatus
• Elymus melantherus
• Elymus mendocinus
• Elymus mollis
• Elymus × mucronatus
• Elymus multiflorus
• Elymus multisetus
• Elymus mutabilis
• Elymus nakaii
• Elymus nepalensis
• Elymus nipponicus
• Elymus nodosus
• Elymus × nothus
• Elymus nutans
• Elymus × obtusiusculus
• Elymus × 'oliveri''
• Elymus panormitanus
• Elymus parviglume
• Elymus patagonicus
• Elymus pendulinus
• Elymus petrovii
• Elymus plurinervis
• Elymus praeruptus
• Elymus probatovae
• Elymus pseudocaninus
• Elymus puberulus
• Elymus pulanensis
• Elymus pungens
• Elymus purpuraristus
• Elymus purpurascens
• Elymus pycnanthus
• Elymus rectisetus
• Elymus reflexiaristatus
• Elymus repens
• Elymus retroflexus
• Elymus retusus
• Elymus rigidulus
• Elymus riparius
• Elymus russellii
• Elymus sacandros
• Elymus sajanensis
• Elymus × saundersii
• Elymus × saxicola
• Elymus scabridulus
• Elymus scabrifolius
• Elymus scabriglumis
• Elymus scabrus
• Elymus schrenkianus
• Elymus schugnanicus
• Elymus sclerophyllus
• Elymus scribneri
• Elymus semicostatus
• Elymus serotinus
• Elymus serpentinus
• Elymus shandongensis
• Elymus shouliangiae
• Elymus sibinicus
• Elymus sibiricus
• Elymus sierrae
• Elymus sikkimensis
• Elymus sinkiangensis
• Elymus sinoflexuosus
• Elymus sinosubmuticus
• Elymus smithii
• Elymus solandri
• Elymus sosnowskyi
• Elymus spicatus
• Elymus × spurius
• Elymus stebbinsii
• Elymus stenachyrus
• Elymus stenostachyus
• Elymus stewartii
• Elymus stipifolius
• Elymus strictus
• Elymus submuticus
• Elymus svensonii
• Elymus sylvaticus
• Elymus tangutorum
• Elymus tauri
• Elymus tenuis
• Elymus tenuispicus
• Elymus texensis
• Elymus thoroldianus
• Elymus tibeticus
• Elymus tilcarensis
• Elymus trachycaulus
• Elymus transhyrcanus
• Elymus trichospicula
• Elymus tridentatus
• Elymus troctolepis
• Elymus tsukushiensis
• Elymus uralensis
• Elymus varius
• Elymus versicolor
• Elymus villifer
• Elymus villosus
• Elymus virginicus
• Elymus viridulus
• Elymus vulpinus
• Elymus × wallii
• Elymus wawawaiensis
• Elymus woroschilowii
• Elymus yangiae
• Elymus yukonensis
• Elymus yushuensis
• Elymus zejensis
• Elymus zhui

Many species once considered members of Elymus are now regarded as better suited to other genera: Agropyron, Anthosachne, Brachypodium, Cenchrus, Crithopsis, Heteranthelium, Jouvea, Kengyilia, Leymus, Psathyrostachys, Stenostachys, Taeniatherum, Thinopyrum etc.

Elymus was the mythical ancestor of the Elymians.

Elymus may also refer to

• Elymus (genus), a plant group
• A man killed by Gorge (mythology)