Phocus (son of Ornytion)
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In Greek mythology, Phocus ({{IPAc-en|ˈ|f|oʊ|k|ə|s}}; Ancient Greek: Φῶκος means "seal"Robert Graves. The Greek Myths (1960)) was a Corinthian prince who later became the eponymous ruler of Phocis.
Family
Phocus was the son of King Ornytion (or Ornytus) and grandson of Sisyphus;Pseudo-Scymnos, Circuit de la terre 475ff. some called him son of Poseidon.Pausanias, [http://data.perseus.org/citations/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0525.tlg001.perseus-eng1:2.4.3 2.4.3] Thus, he might be the same as the son of Poseidon and Pronoe who was referred to in the scholia on Iliad.Scholia on Homer, Iliad 2.517
Mythology
Leaving the kingdom of Corinth to his brother Thoas, Phocus led a colony to the region of Tithorea and Mount Parnassus; the land came to be named Phocis after him.Pausanias, [http://data.perseus.org/citations/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0525.tlg001.perseus-eng1:2.29.3 2.29.3], [http://data.perseus.org/citations/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0525.tlg001.perseus-eng1:10.1.1 10.1.1]
Phocus was said to have cured the wandering Antiope of her madness, which she had been struck with by Dionysus who was outraged by Dirce's death, and to have married her; they were buried in one and the same grave.Pausanias, [http://data.perseus.org/citations/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0525.tlg001.perseus-eng1:9.17.6 9.17.6–7]
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References
- 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. [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Paus.+1.1.1 Online version at the Perseus Digital Library]
- Pausanias, Graeciae Descriptio. 3 vols. Leipzig, Teubner. 1903. [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:1999.01.0159 Greek text available at the Perseus Digital Library].
Category:Princes in Greek mythology
Category:Kings in Greek mythology
Category:Mythological Corinthians
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