Phylacus
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In Greek mythology, Phylacus (Template:IPAc-en; Ancient Greek: Φύλακος means "guardian"[1]) was the name of the following figures:
- Phylacus, founder of the city of Phylace, Thessaly.[2] He was the son of Deioneus and Diomede, husband of Clymene[3] (Periclymene), and the father of Iphiclus,[4] Alcimede,[5] Evadne[6] and possibly Clymenus.[7] In some accounts, Phylacus was also called the father of Alcimache who became the mother of Ajax the Lesser to Oileus.[8] His children and grandchildren are sometimes referred to by the patronymic Phylacides.[9] His grandson through Iphiclus was also named Phylacus.[2] In some accounts, his grandsons Protesilaus and Podarces were called his sons by Astyoche.[10]
- Phylacus, a Trojan who was killed by Leitus.[11]
- Phylacus, a hero who had a sanctuary in Delphi. He was one of the four heroes whose ghosts terrified the Gaulish troops that attacked Delphi.[12]
Notes
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- ↑ a b Eustathius on Homer, p. 323
- ↑ Scholia on Apollonius Rhodius, 1.45; on Odyssey 11.326
- ↑ Homer, Iliad 2.705
- ↑ Hyginus, Fabulae 14: compare "... Alcimede, Clymene's daughter..." vs. "... Iphiclus, son of Phylacus, by Periclymene, daughter of Minyas, from Thessaly, Jason's maternal uncle"
- ↑ Hyginus, Fabulae 243
- ↑ Apollodorus, 1.9.4 & 12
- ↑ Scholia on Homer, Iliad 15.333 & 336
- ↑ Homer, Odyssey 15. 231; Apollonius Rhodius, 1.47; Propertius, Elegies 1.19
- ↑ Eustathius on Homer, Iliad 323 & 41
- ↑ Homer, Iliad 16.181
- ↑ Pausanias, 10.8.7 & 10.23.2
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References
- 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. Template:ISBN. Online version at the Perseus Digital Library. Greek text available from the same website.
- Apollonius Rhodius, Argonautica translated by Robert Cooper Seaton (1853-1915), R. C. Loeb Classical Library Volume 001. London, William Heinemann Ltd, 1912. Online version at the Topos Text Project.
- Apollonius Rhodius, Argonautica. George W. Mooney. London. Longmans, Green. 1912. Greek text available at the Perseus Digital Library.
- Gaius Julius Hyginus, Fabulae from The Myths of Hyginus translated and edited by Mary Grant. University of Kansas Publications in Humanistic Studies. Online version at the Topos Text Project.
- 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. Online version at the Perseus Digital Library.
- Homer, Homeri Opera in five volumes. Oxford, Oxford University Press. 1920. Greek text available at the Perseus Digital Library.
- Homer, The Odyssey with an English Translation by A.T. Murray, PH.D. in two volumes. Cambridge, MA., Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann, Ltd. 1919. Online version at the Perseus Digital Library. Greek text available from the same website.
- 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. Template:ISBN. Online version at the Perseus Digital Library
- Pausanias, Graeciae Descriptio. 3 vols. Leipzig, Teubner. 1903. Greek text available at the Perseus Digital Library.
- Sextus Propertius, Elegies from Charm. Vincent Katz. trans. Los Angeles. Sun & Moon Press. 1995. Online version at the Perseus Digital Library. Latin text available at the same website.