Phrastor
In Greek mythology, the name Phrastor{{Pronunciation needed|date=February 2024}} (Ancient Greek: Φράστωρ) may refer to:
- Phrastor, son of Pelasgus and Menippe, daughter of Peneus. He was the father of Amyntor, grandfather of Teutamides, and great-grandfather of Nanas.Dionysius of Halicarnassus, Roman Antiquities [https://penelope.uchicago.edu/Thayer/E/Roman/Texts/Dionysius_of_Halicarnassus/1B*.html#28 1.28.3] (citing Hellanicus, Phoronis) = Hellanicus fr. 4 Fowler, pp. 156–176.
- Phrastor, in a rare version of the myth, son of Oedipus and Jocasta and brother of Laonytus. The brothers fought against Erginus of Orchomenus and fell in the battle.Pherecydes in scholia on Euripides, Phoenician Women 53
- Phrastor, victor of javelin throw during the first Olympic games established by Heracles.Pindar, Olympic Odes [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.01.0162%3Abook%3DO.%3Apoem%3D10 10.71]
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References
- Dionysius of Halicarnassus. Roman Antiquities, Volume I: Books 1-2. Translated by Earnest Cary. Loeb Classical Library No. 319. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard University Press, 1937. [https://penelope.uchicago.edu/Thayer/E/Roman/Texts/Dionysius_of_Halicarnassus/home.html Online version by Bill Thayer]. [https://www.loebclassics.com/view/LCL319/1937/volume.xml Online version at Harvard University Press].
- Fowler, R. L. (2000), Early Greek Mythography: Volume 1: Text and Introduction, Oxford University Press, 2000. {{ISBN|978-0198147404}}.
- Pindar, Odes, Diane Arnson Svarlien. 1990. [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.01.0162%3Abook%3DO.%3Apoem%3D1 Online version at the Perseus Digital Library].
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