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<p>In <a href="/facts/Greek_mythology/M7k4FvW8">Greek mythology</a>, Phorbas , or Phorbaceus /fɔːrˈbeɪˌʃ(j)uːs/, may refer to: </p> <ul><li><a href="/facts/Phorbas_(son_of_Lapithes)/wfVG71k8">Phorbas</a>, son of <a href="/facts/Lapithes_(hero)/bMVIuGdH">Lapithes</a> and Orsinome, and a brother of <a href="/facts/Periphas/uU5MpY9W">Periphas</a>.</li> <li><a href="/facts/Phorbas_(son_of_Triopas)/C6hnpttn">Phorbas</a>, son of <a href="/facts/Triopas/Nxkmq8s6">Triopas</a> and <a href="/facts/Hiscilla/DeQahJD2">Hiscilla</a>, daughter of <a href="/facts/Myrmidon_(hero)/jND5cXd8">Myrmidon</a>.</li> <li><a href="/facts/Phorbas_(king_of_Argos)/NXM5BmDh">Phorbas</a>, king of Argos, father of a different <a href="/facts/Triopas/Nxkmq8s6">Triopas</a> who succeeded him as king. Triopas was the brother of Arestor</li> <li>Phorbas, a shepherd of King <a href="/facts/Laius/3B8cVVpG">Laius</a>, who found the infant <a href="/facts/Oedipus/7eGCgyJ6">Oedipus</a> on the hillside and ensured his survival to fulfill his destiny. A number of sculptures, ranging from the 14th to the 19th century, memorialize Phorbas' rescue of Oedipus. He might be the same as Phorbas, attendant of <a href="/facts/Antigone/XTcBLahH">Antigone</a>.</li> <li>Phorbas, listed as a <a href="/facts/Kings_of_Athens/8GTCMcrW">king or archon of Athens</a></li> <li>Phorbas of <a href="/facts/Lesbos/oQ5x2FMC">Lesbos</a>, father of <a href="/facts/Diomede/7CRC9vJz">Diomede</a></li> <li>Phorbas of <a href="/facts/Troy/RYze9Kpu">Troy</a>, who was favored and made rich by <a href="/facts/Hermes/bRt3Jrva">Hermes</a>. He had a son <a href="/facts/Ilioneus/eIC2xrbw">Ilioneus</a>, who was killed by <a href="/facts/Peneleos/jYxWA1eH">Peneleos</a>.</li> <li>Phorbas, son of <a href="/facts/Metion/7wYDzcP7">Metion</a> of <a href="/facts/Syene/gI6G1Ho5">Syene</a>, who fought on <a href="/facts/Phineus_(son_of_Belus)/q7wEVo2a">Phineus</a>' side against <a href="/facts/Perseus/d4KuuNRY">Perseus</a></li> <li>Phorbas of <a href="/facts/Acarnania/VY9jyJfe">Acarnania</a>, son of <a href="/facts/Poseidon/kTYc88aD">Poseidon</a>, who went to <a href="/facts/Eleusis/NLhDaKrL">Eleusis</a> together with <a href="/facts/Eumolpus/dI0fbdbV">Eumolpus</a> to fight against <a href="/facts/Erechtheus/WnShR86Y">Erechtheus</a>, and was killed by the opponent.</li> <li>Phorbas, one of the twelve younger <a href="/facts/Pan_(god)/sVpk5MrJ">Panes</a></li> <li>Phorbas, son of <a href="/facts/Helios/9KSb5eQ1">Helios</a> and father of Ambracia (<a href="/facts/Eponym/2q9tXlTQ">eponym</a> of the city of <a href="/facts/Ambracia/lHPGamNE">Ambracia</a>). Ambracia could also have been daughter of Augeas, granddaughter of Phorbas of Thessaly.</li> <li>Phorbas, who is called father of <a href="/facts/Tiresias/Je5R2rJP">Tiresias</a> by the <a href="/facts/Crete/VSqxTU9u">Cretans</a></li> <li>Phorbas, charioteer of <a href="/facts/Theseus/xgTdm0Jh">Theseus</a></li> <li>Phorbas, father of Dexithea who, according to one version, was the mother of <a href="/facts/Romulus_and_Remus/zq0tpvPy">Romulus and Remus</a> by <a href="/facts/Aeneas/TvWwJQEL">Aeneas</a></li> <li>Phorbas, suitor of Megara, mother of <a href="/facts/Ixion/18dApTAM">Ixion</a> in one source. Together with another suitor, <a href="/facts/Polymelus_(mythology)/C9gR1dfJ">Polymelos</a>, they slain Megara and, in vengeance, were murdered by the latter’s son.</li></ul>