Phylacus
In Greek mythology, Phylacus /ˈfɪləkəs/ (Greek: Φύλακος) was the name of the following figures:
- Phylacus, founder of the city of Phylace, Thessaly.[1] He was the son of Deioneus and Diomede, husband of Clymene (Periclymene), and the father of Iphiclus, Alcimede and possibly Clymenus.[2][3][4] His children and grandchildren are sometimes referred to by the patronymic Phylacides.[5][6][7] His grandson through Iphiclus was also named Phylacus.[1]
- Phylacus, a Trojan who was killed by Leitus.[8]
- 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.[9]
References
- 1 2 Eustathius on Homer, p. 323
- ↑ Homer, Iliad, 2. 705
- ↑ Pseudo-Apollodorus, Bibliotheca 1. 9. 4 & 12
- ↑ Hyginus, Fabulae, 14
- ↑ Apollonius Rhodius, Argonautica, 1. 47
- ↑ Homer, Odyssey, 15. 231
- ↑ Propertius, Elegies, 1. 19
- ↑ Homer, Iliad, 16. 181
- ↑ Pausanias, Description of Greece, 10. 8. 7; 10. 23. 2
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