Orchomenus (
Orchomenos), the setting for many early
Greek myths, is a municipality and a rich archaeological site in
Boeotia,
Greece, that was inhabited from the
Neolithic through the
Hellenistic periods. , the population was 11,621. Orchomenus is also referenced as the "Minyean Orchomenus" in order to distinguish the city from the
"Arcadian Orchomenus", the latter of which was located in
Arcadia near the modern town of
Kalpaki.