Pherecydes or Pherekedes (Greek: Φερεκύδης) was the name of three ancient Greek writers, who may not all be distinct:
Pherecydes of Syros (fl. 6th century BC), a pre-Socratic philosopher from the island of Syros, believed by some to have influenced Pythagoras
Pherecydes of Athens (fl. c. 465 BC), an historian and genealogist (= FGrHist 3), perhaps the same person as Pherecydes of Leros (below)
Pherecydes of Leros (before 480-477 BC), an historian from the Greek island of Leros, possibly the same person as Pherecydes of Athens (above)
Pherecydes can also refers to:
Pherecydes (spider), a genus of spiders
Topics referred to by the same term
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identity of Pherecydes was also unclear in ancient times because there were two authors of that name who both wrote about mythology: Pherecydes of Syros...
Pherecydes or Pherekedes (Greek: Φερεκύδης) was the name of three ancient Greek writers, who may not all be distinct: Pherecydes of Syros (fl. 6th century...
person as Pherecydes of Athens. Fowler, p. 1 n. 3; Suda Φ 217. Sweeney, pp. 47–48; Suda Φ 216. Fowler, Robert L., "The Authors named Pherecydes", Mnemosyne...
Pherecydes of Athens (Ancient Greek: Φερεκύδης) (fl. c. 465 BC) was a Greek mythographer who wrote an ancient work in ten books, now lost, variously titled...
Preface; Cicero, De Natura Deorum 3.44. Hyginus, De Astronomica 2.3.1 [= Pherecydes, fr. 33a (FGrHist, p. 79)]. Diodorus Siculus, Bibliotheca historica 4...
19 Acusilaus Frag as cited in Strabo, 10.3.21 Strabo, 10.3.21 citing Pherecydes Pseudo-Plutarch, De fluviis 24 Stephanus of Byzantium, Ethnica s.v. Aōros...
Deioneus of Phocis. The earliest version of Procris' story comes from Pherecydes of Athens. Cephalus remains away from home for eight years because he...
14–241.12 Schrad.) or Pherecydes of Syros, both of whom are presumed to be active in the 6th century B.C.E., though Pherecydes is earlier and as he is...
with Eurynome before the two of them were cast down by Cronus and Rhea. Pherecydes of Syros's Heptamychia is the first attested mention of Ophion. The story...
taught Pythagoras, Pherecydes of Syros is mentioned most often. Similar miracle stories were told about both Pythagoras and Pherecydes, including one in...
(Día); genitive: Διός (Diós); dative: Διί (Dií). Diogenes Laërtius quotes Pherecydes of Syros as spelling the name Ζάς. Zeus is the Greek continuation of *Di̯ēus...
immortal, was known to both Bacchylides (fr. 41 SM) and Pherecydes (fr. 97 Fowler). According to Pherecydes (as attributed by Iliad 5.126 scholia) as Tydeus...
Prometheus. The mythographer Pherecydes of Athens (5th century BC) also names Prometheus's eagle, and adds Ladon (though Pherecydes does not use this name)...
the first generation of gods and is the ultimate creator of the cosmos. Pherecydes of Syros in his lost Heptamychos ("The seven recesses"), around 6th century...
sources, not all of whose texts have survived independently, include Pherecydes (mid-fifth century BC), Demon (c. 400 BC), Philochorus, and Cleidemus...
their own metaphysical cosmogonies, with their own primordial deities: Pherecydes of Syros, (c. 600–550 BC) in his Heptamychia, wrote that there were three...
"she" might instead refer to the Oceanid Callirhoe. The mythographer Pherecydes of Athens (5th century BC) has Echidna as the daughter of Phorcys, without...
with Pherecydes as the authority Homer, Iliad 16.717; Apollodorus, 3.12.5; Quintus Smyrnaeus, 7.606; Scholia ad Homer, Iliad 16.718 with Pherecydes as the...
Tyro, with the latter giving her name to the city of Tyre. According to Pherecydes of Athens, his first wife was Damno, daughter of Belus, who bore him Phoenix...
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