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<p>In <a href="/facts/Greek_mythology/M7k4FvW8">Greek mythology</a>, Phereus (<a href="/facts/Ancient_Greek/LIK7NlUh">Ancient Greek</a>: Φηρεύς) may refer to the following personages: </p> <ul><li>Phereus, the "playful" leader of the <a href="/facts/Satyr/V3KceFLc">satyrs</a> who joined the army of <a href="/facts/Dionysus/4kBSl2Kp">Dionysus</a> in his campaign against <a href="/facts/History_of_India/ntYkAYDQ">India</a>.</li> <li>Phereus, a <a href="/facts/Thebes,_Greece/PBN0g5la">Theban</a> prince as one of the <a href="/facts/Niobids/eJfuu8as">Niobids</a>, children of King <a href="/facts/Amphion_and_Zethus/vjPVFhCt">Amphion</a> and <a href="/facts/Niobe/3CmsQoMN">Niobe</a>, daughter of King <a href="/facts/Tantalus/dEVcNBCa">Tantalus</a> of <a href="/facts/Lydia/zlta9sIJ">Lydia</a>. He was the brother of Alalcomeneus, Eudorus, <a href="/facts/Argeus_(Greek_myth)/kmWIY7MD">Argeius</a>, Lysippus, <a href="/facts/Xanthus_(mythology)/ruIutPdq">Xanthus</a>, <a href="/facts/Pelopia/QhRwyFar">Pelopia</a>, <a href="/facts/Chione_(Greek_myth)/3Sch9T9v">Chione</a>, <a href="/facts/Clytie/8xMgXowq">Clytia</a>, Hore, Lamippe and <a href="/facts/Melia_(mythology)/XQR5xh6u">Melia</a>.</li></ul> <ul><li>Phereus, also called <a href="/facts/Pheres_(mythology)/tKzhCey3">Pheres</a> and <a href="/facts/Thyreus_(mythology)/x8NT3FFX">Thyreus</a>, a <a href="/facts/Calydon/bLELSV5n">Calydonian</a> prince as the son of King <a href="/facts/Oeneus/Ycf4pogq">Oeneus</a> and <a href="/facts/Althaea_(mythology)/5z40vx4S">Althaea</a>, daughter of King <a href="/facts/Thestius/chvTv3J5">Thestius</a> of <a href="/facts/Pleuron_(Aetolia)/49lD8GhK">Pleuron</a>. He was the brother of <a href="/facts/Deianira/M3ywq8ze">Deianeira</a>, <a href="/facts/Meleager/Y6DwQjBw">Meleager</a>, <a href="/facts/Toxeus/nJ7HyDFl">Toxeus</a>, <a href="/facts/Clymenus/W8k8Uucp">Clymenus</a>, <a href="/facts/Periphas/uU5MpY9W">Periphas</a>, <a href="/facts/Agelaus/ccHzq3x5">Agelaus</a> and <a href="/facts/Gorge_(mythology)/R4mXpCzt">Gorge</a>. When the war between the <a href="/facts/Curetes_(tribe)/s3BVHjT7">Curetes</a> and the <a href="/facts/Calydon/bLELSV5n">Calydonians</a> broke out, Phereus along with his brothers, including Meleager, all fell during the battle.</li> <li>Phereus, an <a href="/facts/Achaeans_(Homer)/fvUc4HRs">Achaean</a> warrior who participated in the <a href="/facts/Trojan_War/pBG5VawT">Trojan War</a>. </li></ul>