Pharis (mythology)
{{Short description|Son of Hermes and the Danaid Phylodameia}}
In Greek mythology, Pharis{{Pronunciation-needed}} ({{langx|grc|Φᾶρις|Pháris}}) was the son of Hermes and the Danaid Phylodámeia ({{lang|grc|Φυλοδάμεια}}), and founder of Pharae in Messene.
Family
Pharis 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.Homer, Iliad 5.543 - 550; Pausanias, 4.30.2
Mythology
Pausanias leaves open the question whether Pharae in Achaea were founded by this Pharis—spelled Pháres ({{lang|grc|Φάρην}}) in this particular passage—or by someone else.Pausanias, 7.22.5
Notes
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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|}}. [http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:1999.01.0134 Online version at the Perseus Digital Library.]
- Homer, Homeri Opera in five volumes. Oxford, Oxford University Press. 1920. {{ISBN|978-0198145318|}}. [http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:1999.01.0133 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}}. [http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:1999.01.0160 Online version at the Perseus Digital Library]
- Pausanias, Graeciae Descriptio. 3 vols. Leipzig, Teubner. 1903. [http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:1999.01.0159 Greek text available at the Perseus Digital Library].
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