Phorbas (son of Lapithes)

In Greek mythology, Phorbas (Greek: Φόρβας, gen. Φόρβαντος) or Phorbaceus was a prince of the Thessalian Phlegyes who emigrated to Elis in the Peloponnesos. Phorbas was the son of Lapithes and Orsinome, and a brother of Periphas. He assisted Alector, king of Elis, in the war against Pelops, and shared the kingdom with him.[1] He married Hyrmine, sister of Alector, and gave his daughter Diogeneia in marriage to Alector. His sons with Hyrmine were Augeas (perhaps he of the Augean Stables) and Actor, the Argonauts.[2][3][4] He is said to have been a lover of Apollo[5], and a bold boxer who attacked travelers on the road and was eventually defeated by Apollo.[6][7],

References

  1. ↑ Diodorus Siculus, Library of History, 4. 69. 2
  2. ↑ Pausanias, Description of Greece, 5. 1. 11
  3. ↑ Pseudo-Apollodorus, Bibliotheca 2. 5. 5
  4. ↑ Eustathius on Homer, p. 303
  5. ↑ Plutarch, Numa 4
  6. ↑ Scholia on Homer, Iliad, 23. 660
  7. ↑ Ovid, Metamorphoses, 9. 414 & 12. 322
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