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Phorbas
Set of Greek mythological characters

In Greek mythology, Phorbas , or Phorbaceus /fɔːrˈbeɪˌʃ(j)uːs/, may refer to:

  • Phorbas, son of Lapithes and Orsinome, and a brother of Periphas.
  • Phorbas, son of Triopas and Hiscilla, daughter of Myrmidon.
  • Phorbas, king of Argos, father of a different Triopas who succeeded him as king. Triopas was the brother of Arestor
  • Phorbas, a shepherd of King Laius, who found the infant Oedipus 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 Antigone.
  • Phorbas, listed as a king or archon of Athens
  • Phorbas of Lesbos, father of Diomede
  • Phorbas of Troy, who was favored and made rich by Hermes. He had a son Ilioneus, who was killed by Peneleos.
  • Phorbas, son of Metion of Syene, who fought on Phineus' side against Perseus
  • Phorbas of Acarnania, son of Poseidon, who went to Eleusis together with Eumolpus to fight against Erechtheus, and was killed by the opponent.
  • Phorbas, one of the twelve younger Panes
  • Phorbas, son of Helios and father of Ambracia (eponym of the city of Ambracia). Ambracia could also have been daughter of Augeas, granddaughter of Phorbas of Thessaly.
  • Phorbas, who is called father of Tiresias by the Cretans
  • Phorbas, charioteer of Theseus
  • Phorbas, father of Dexithea who, according to one version, was the mother of Romulus and Remus by Aeneas
  • Phorbas, suitor of Megara, mother of Ixion in one source. Together with another suitor, Polymelos, they slain Megara and, in vengeance, were murdered by the latter’s son.
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References

  1. Apollodorus, 2.5.5 /wiki/Bibliotheca_(Pseudo-Apollodorus)

  2. Diodorus Siculus, 5.58.5 /wiki/Diodorus_Siculus

  3. "Arestor", Wikipedia, 2022-12-27, retrieved 2023-05-07 https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Arestor&oldid=1129781669

  4. Seneca the Younger, Oedipus 840 ff. /wiki/Seneca_the_Younger

  5. Statius, Thebaid 7.253 /wiki/Statius

  6. Pausanias, 6.19.13 /wiki/Pausanias_(geographer)

  7. Homer, Iliad 9.665; Dictys Cretensis, 2.16 /wiki/Homer

  8. Homer, Iliad 14.489 ff.; Virgil, Aeneid 5.842 /wiki/Virgil

  9. Ovid, Metamorphoses 5.74 /wiki/Ovid

  10. Eustathius on Homer, p. 1156; Scholia on Homer, Iliad 18.483 ff.; Scholia on Euripides, Phoenician Women 854; Suda, s.v. Phorbanteion /wiki/Eustathius_of_Thessalonica

  11. Nonnus, 14.94 ff. /wiki/Nonnus

  12. Stephanus of Byzantium, s.v. Ambrakia, Dexamenai /wiki/Stephanus_of_Byzantium

  13. Ptolemy Hephaestion, New History 1 /wiki/Ptolemy_Hephaestion

  14. Hesychius of Alexandria, s.v. Phorbas /wiki/Hesychius_of_Alexandria

  15. Plutarch, Romulus 2.2 /wiki/Plutarch

  16. Greek Anthology 3.12 (Gk text) /wiki/Greek_Anthology