In Greek mythology, Phocus (/ˈfoʊkəs/; Ancient Greek: Φῶκος means "seal") of Glisas, Boeotia, was father of a beautiful daughter Callirhoe. Callirhoe...
for fear of Zeus' terrible thunderbolt. Asopos (Boeotia), a river ofBoeotia originating on Mt. Cithaeron and flowing through the district of Plataea into...
"I'm here", and the suitors recognized it as that ofPhocus. On the day the suitors were executed, Phocus' tomb ran with saffron. Phoedus, on his way back...
Greek: Ἀργοναῦται, romanized: Argonaûtai, lit. 'Argo sailors') were a band of heroes in Greek mythology, who in the years before the Trojan War (around...
This is a list of mythological characters who appear in narratives concerning the Trojan War. * See Catalogue of Ships ** See Trojan Battle Order This...
"I'm here", and the suitors recognized it as that ofPhocus. On the day the suitors were executed, Phocus' tomb ran with saffron. Phoedus, on his way back...
ofBoeotia horseracing was a part of the athletic games in honour of the god. Poseidon was considered a symbol of unity. The Panionia the festival of...
goddess of calm seas Psamathe (Ψαμάθη), mother ofPhocus by Aeacus Thetis (Θέτις), leader of the Nereids who presided over the spawning of marine life...
adornment was Phocion's twentieth strategos appointment. Phocion's son was Phocus. During his youth he became licentious and addicted to partying and wine...
of minor notability, about whom either nothing or very little is known, aside from any family connections. Children of Priam Homeric Neleides Sons of...
biography of Pindar and his tomb in Boeotia, from Pausanias's “descriptions of Greece” [9.23.2]-[9.23.5]. Commentaries on Pindar by Eustathius of Thessalonica;...
Laertius, the Nautical Astronomy attributed to Thales was written by Phocusof Samos. The Scottish philosopher Adam Smith once similarly, absent-mindedly...
the Asclepius affair comes the Ehoie of Asterodeia, the daughter of Deion. She bore Crisus and Panopeus to Phocus; the brothers did not get along, quarreling...
several stades longer. Tithorea, considered the birthplace of the Phocians, where about 2000 BC, Phocus and his wife Antiopi settled, where they lived and died...
collection of myths where the subjects are physically transformed, usually through either divine intervention or sorcery and spells. Similar themes of physical...
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