Pharis_(mythology)

Pharis (mythology)

Pharis (mythology)

Son of Hermes and the Danaid Phylodameia

In Greek mythology, Pharis[pronunciation?] (Ancient Greek: Φᾶρις, romanized: Pháris) was the son of Hermes and the Danaid Phylodámeia (Φυλοδάμεια), and founder of Pharae in Messene. He had one daughter, Telegone, who consorted with the river god Alpheius and had by him a son Ortilochus (Orsilochus), who in his turn became father of Diocles, and Diocles had twin sons Crethon and Orsilochus, who fought at Troy and were killed by Aeneas.[1]

Pausanias leaves open the question whether Pharae in Achaea were founded by this Pharis—spelled Pháres (Φάρην) in this particular passage—or by someone else.[2]

Notes

  1. [1]
    Homer, Iliad 5.543 - 550; Pausanias, Graeciae Descriptio 4.30.2
  2. [2]
    Pausanias, Graeciae Descriptio 7.22.5

References

  • Homer, The Iliad with an English Translation by A.T. Murray, Ph.D. in two volumes. Cambridge, MA., Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann, Ltd. 1924. ISBN 978-0674995796. Online version at the Perseus Digital Library.
  • Homer, Homeri Opera in five volumes. Oxford, Oxford University Press. 1920. ISBN 978-0198145318. Greek text available at the Perseus Digital Library.
  • Pausanias, Description of Greece with an English Translation by W.H.S. Jones, Litt.D., and H.A. Ormerod, M.A., in 4 Volumes. Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1918. ISBN 0-674-99328-4. Online version at the Perseus Digital Library
  • Pausanias, Graeciae Descriptio. 3 vols. Leipzig, Teubner. 1903. Greek text available at the Perseus Digital Library.


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