In Greek mythology, Phegeus (Ancient Greek: Φηγεύς) was the name of the following characters:
- Phegeus, another name for Aegialeus, son of Inachus[1] and the nymph Melia.[2] On the death of his brother, Phoroneus, Phegeus built a temple at the tomb where the former was worshipped as a deity and oxen were sacrificed to him.[1]
- Phegeus, king of Psophis.[3]
- Phegeus, was one of the Thebans who ambushed Tydeus during the war of the Seven against Thebes. Like others participating in this ambush he was killed by Tydeus.[4]
- Phegeus, a defender of Thebes in the war of the Seven against Thebes. He was killed by Agreus.[5]
- Phegeus, an Athenian messenger whom Theseus sent to Creon with a threat of war against Thebes, if Creon would not let the bodies of those who had died attacking Thebes in the war of the Seven against Thebes be burned.[6]
- Phegeus, son of Dares, priest of Hephaestus at Troy. He was the brother of Idaeus and was killed by Diomedes during the Trojan War.[7]
- Phegeus, one of Aeneas' companions in Italy. He was killed by Turnus, the man who opposed Aeneas in Italy.[8]
- Phegeus, soldier in the army of Aeneas. He was killed by Turnus, the man who opposed Aeneas in Italy.[9]
Notes[edit]
- ^ a b Augustine, City of God 18.3
- ^ Scholia ad Euripides, Orestes 932 recounted that Phegeus and Aegialeus were two different persons— Phegeus being the son of Inachus and Melia while Aegialeus, the son of Phoroneus and Peitho
- ^ Apollodorus, 3.7.6
- ^ Statius, Thebaid 2.609
- ^ Statius, Thebaid 7.603 & 8.441
- ^ Statius, Thebaid 12.596
- ^ Homer, Iliad 5.9 ff.
- ^ Virgil, Aeneid 5.263 & 9.765
- ^ Virgil, Aeneid 12.371 ff.
References[edit]
- Apollodorus, The Library with an English Translation by Sir James George Frazer, F.B.A., F.R.S. in 2 Volumes, Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1921. ISBN 0-674-99135-4. Online version at the Perseus Digital Library. Greek text available from the same website.
- 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.
- Publius Papinius Statius, The Thebaid translated by John Henry Mozley. Loeb Classical Library Volumes. Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1928. Online version at the Topos Text Project.
- Publius Papinius Statius, The Thebaid. Vol I-II. John Henry Mozley. London: William Heinemann; New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons. 1928. Latin text available at the Perseus Digital Library.
- Publius Vergilius Maro, Aeneid. Theodore C. Williams. trans. Boston. Houghton Mifflin Co. 1910. Online version at the Perseus Digital Library.
- Publius Vergilius Maro, Bucolics, Aeneid, and Georgics. J. B. Greenough. Boston. Ginn & Co. 1900. Latin text available at the Perseus Digital Library.