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{{Short description|Name of several characters in  Greek mythology}}
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[[File:Oedipus Phorbas Chaudet Louvre N15538.jpg|thumb|right|180px|The child [[Œdipus]] brought back to life by the shepherd Phorbas, who took him off the tree. Sculpture by [[Charles Dupaty]].]]
In [[Greek mythology]], '''Phorbas''' ({{IPAc-en|ˈ|f|ɔr|b|ə|s}}; [[Ancient Greek]]: Φόρβας ''Phórbās'', [[genitive case|gen.]] Φόρβαντος ''Phórbantos'' means 'giving pasture'), or '''Phorbaceus'''{{citation needed|date=October 2018}} {{IPAc-en|f|ɔr|ˈ|b|eɪ|ˌ|ʃ|(|j|)|uː|s}}, may refer to:
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*[[Phorbas (son of Lapithes)|Phorbas]], son of [[Lapithes (hero)|Lapithes]] and Orsinome, and a brother of [[Periphas]].<ref>[[Bibliotheca (Pseudo-Apollodorus)|Apollodorus]], 2.5.5</ref>
*[[Phorbas (son of Triopas)|Phorbas]], son of [[Triopas]] and [[Hiscilla]], daughter of [[Myrmidon (hero)|Myrmidon]].<ref>[[Diodorus Siculus]], [https://penelope.uchicago.edu/Thayer/E/Roman/Texts/Diodorus_Siculus/5D*.html#58.5 5.58.5]</ref>
*[[Phorbas (king of Argos)|Phorbas]], king of Argos, father of a different [[Triopas]] who succeeded him as king. Triopas was the brother of Arestor<ref>{{Citation |title=Arestor |date=2022-12-27 |url=https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Arestor&oldid=1129781669 |work=Wikipedia |access-date=2023-05-07 |language=en}}</ref>
*Phorbas, a shepherd of King [[Laius]], who found the infant [[Oedipus]] on the hillside and ensured his survival to fulfill his destiny.<ref>[[Seneca the Younger]], ''Oedipus'' 840 ff.</ref> A number of sculptures, ranging from the 14th to the 19th century, memorialize Phorbas' rescue of Oedipus. He might be the same as Phorbas, attendant of [[Antigone]].<ref>[[Statius]], ''[[Thebaid (Latin poem)|Thebaid]]'' 7.253</ref>
*Phorbas, listed as a [[Kings of Athens|king or archon of Athens]]<ref>[[Pausanias (geographer)|Pausanias]], 6.19.13</ref>
*Phorbas of [[Lesbos]], father of [[Diomede]]<ref>[[Homer]], ''[[Iliad]]'' 9.665; [[Dictys Cretensis]], [https://topostext.org/work/152#2.16 2.16]</ref>
*Phorbas of [[Troy]], who was favored and made rich by [[Hermes]]. He had a son [[Ilioneus]], who was killed by [[Peneleos]].<ref>Homer, ''Iliad'' 14.489 ff.; [[Virgil]], ''[[Aeneid]]'' 5.842</ref>
*Phorbas, son of [[Metion]] of [[Syene]], who fought on [[Phineus (son of Belus)|Phineus]]' side against [[Perseus]]<ref>[[Ovid]], ''[[Metamorphoses]]'' 5.74</ref>
*Phorbas of [[Acarnania]], son of [[Poseidon]], who went to [[Eleusis]] together with [[Eumolpus]] to fight against [[Erechtheus]], and was killed by the opponent.<ref>[[Eustathius of Thessalonica|Eustathius]] on Homer, p. 1156; [[Scholia]] on Homer, ''Iliad'' 18.483 ff.; Scholia on [[Euripides]], ''[[Phoenician Women]]'' 854; [[Suda]], s.v. ''Phorbanteion''</ref>
*Phorbas, one of the twelve younger [[Pan (god)|Panes]]<ref>[[Nonnus]], 14.94 ff.</ref>
*Phorbas, son of [[Helios]] and father of Ambracia ([[eponym]] of the city of [[Ambracia]]). Ambracia could also have been daughter of Augeas, granddaughter of Phorbas of Thessaly.<ref>[[Stephanus of Byzantium]], s.v. ''Ambrakia'', ''Dexamenai''</ref>
*Phorbas, who is called father of [[Tiresias]] by the [[Crete|Cretans]]<ref>[[Ptolemy Hephaestion]], ''New History'' 1</ref>
*Phorbas, charioteer of [[Theseus]]<ref>[[Hesychius of Alexandria]], s.v. ''Phorbas''</ref>
*Phorbas, father of Dexithea who, according to one version, was the mother of [[Romulus and Remus]] by [[Aeneas]]<ref>{{cite Plutarch|Romulus|2}}</ref>
*Phorbas, suitor of [[Megara (Greek myth)|Megara]], mother of [[Ixion]] in one source. Together with another suitor, [[Polymelus (mythology)|Polymelos]], they slain Megara and, in vengeance, were murdered by the latter’s son.<ref>''[[Greek Anthology]]'' [https://topostext.org/work/532#3.12 3.12] [[iarchive:greekanthology01pato/page/100/mode/1up|(Gk text)]]</ref>

==See also==
* [[Phorbus (mythology)]]

==Notes==
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== References ==

* [[Dictys Cretensis]]'', from The Trojan War.'' ''The Chronicles of Dictys of Crete and [[Dares Phrygius|Dares the Phrygian]]'' translated by Richard McIlwaine Frazer Jr. (1931-). Indiana University Press. 1966. [https://topostext.org/work/152 Online version at the Topos Text Project.]
* [[Diodorus Siculus]], ''The Library of History'' translated by [[Charles Henry Oldfather]]. Twelve volumes. [[Loeb Classical Library]]. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard University Press; London: William Heinemann, Ltd. 1989. Vol. 3. Books 4.59&ndash;8. [https://penelope.uchicago.edu/Thayer/E/Roman/Texts/Diodorus_Siculus/home.html Online version at Bill Thayer's Web Site]
* Diodorus Siculus, ''Bibliotheca Historica. Vol 1-2''. Immanel Bekker. Ludwig Dindorf. Friedrich Vogel. in aedibus B. G. Teubneri. Leipzig. 1888–1890. [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:2008.01.0540 Greek text available at the Perseus Digital Library].
* [[Homer]], [[Iliad|''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|}}. [https://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|}}. [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:1999.01.0133 Greek text available at the Perseus Digital Library].
* [[Seneca the Younger|Lucius Annaeus Seneca]], ''Tragedies''. Translated by Miller, Frank Justus. Loeb Classical Library Volumes. Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1917. [http://www.theoi.com/Text/SenecaOedipus.html Online version at theio.com.]
* Lucius Annaeus Seneca, ''Tragoediae''. Rudolf Peiper. Gustav Richter. Leipzig. Teubner. 1921. [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:2007.01.0007 Latin text available at the Perseus Digital Library.]
* [[Nonnus|Nonnus of Panopolis]], ''Dionysiaca'' translated by William Henry Denham Rouse (1863–1950), from the Loeb Classical Library, Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press, 1940.  [https://topostext.org/work/529 Online version at the Topos Text Project.]
* Nonnus of Panopolis, ''Dionysiaca. 3 Vols.'' W.H.D. Rouse. Cambridge, MA., Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann, Ltd. 1940–1942. [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:2008.01.0485 Greek text available at the Perseus Digital Library].
* [[Pausanias (geographer)|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}}. [https://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.  [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:1999.01.0159 Greek text available at the Perseus Digital Library].
* [[Bibliotheca (Pseudo-Apollodorus)|Pseudo-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}}. [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:1999.01.0022 Online version at the Perseus Digital Library.] [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:1999.01.0021 Greek text available from the same website].
* [[Ovid|Publius Ovidius Naso]], ''Metamorphoses'' translated by Brookes More (1859–1942). Boston, Cornhill Publishing Co. 1922. [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:1999.02.0028 Online version at the Perseus Digital Library.]
* Publius Ovidius Naso, ''Metamorphoses.'' Hugo Magnus. Gotha (Germany). Friedr. Andr. Perthes. 1892. [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:1999.02.0029 Latin text available at the Perseus Digital Library].
* [[Statius|Publius Papinius Statius]]'', The Thebaid'' translated by John Henry Mozley. Loeb Classical Library Volumes. Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1928. [https://topostext.org/work/149 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. [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:2008.01.0498 Latin text available at the Perseus Digital Library.]
* [[Virgil|Publius Vergilius Maro]], ''Aeneid.'' Theodore C. Williams. trans. Boston. Houghton Mifflin Co. 1910. [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.02.0054%3Abook%3D1%3Acard%3D1 Online version at the Perseus Digital Library.]
* Publius Vergilius Maro, ''Bucolics, Aeneid, and Georgics''. J. B. Greenough. Boston. Ginn & Co. 1900. [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:1999.02.0055 Latin text available at the Perseus Digital Library].
* [[Stephanus of Byzantium]], ''Stephani Byzantii Ethnicorum quae supersunt,'' edited by August Meineike (1790–1870), published 1849. A few entries from this important ancient handbook of place names have been translated by Brady Kiesling. [https://topostext.org/work/241 Online version at the Topos Text Project.]
* [[Suda|Suida]], ''Suda Encyclopedia'' translated by Ross Scaife, David Whitehead, William Hutton, Catharine Roth, Jennifer Benedict, Gregory Hays, Malcolm Heath Sean M. Redmond, Nicholas Fincher, Patrick Rourke, Elizabeth Vandiver, Raphael Finkel, Frederick Williams, Carl Widstrand, Robert Dyer, Joseph L. Rife, Oliver Phillips and many others. [https://topostext.org/work/240 Online version at the Topos Text Project.]

==External links==
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*[http://www.cosmovisions.com/$Phorbas.htm Imago Mundi: Phorbas] {{in lang|fr}}
*[http://www.insecula.com/oeuvre/photo_ME0000033073.html Phorbas bringing Oedipus back to life], Louvre, Paris, France {{in lang|fr}}
*{{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20060511160948/http://www.ancientlibrary.com/smith-bio/2678.html Smith, William (ed.).  ''Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities''. 1870.]}}

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