Phrastor

In Greek mythology, the name Phrastor (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.[1]
  • 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.[2]
  • Phrastor, victor of javelin throw during the first Olympic games established by Heracles.[3]

References

  1. ↑ Dionysius of Halicarnassus, Roman Antiquities, 1.28.3
  2. ↑ Pherecydes in scholia on Euripides, Phoenician Women, 53
  3. ↑ Pindar. Olympic Odes, 10.70ff
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