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In
Greek mythology , Phylacus (;
Ancient Greek : Φύλακος means "guardian"
[1] ) was the name of the following figures:
Phylacus, founder of the city of
Phylace ,
Thessaly .
[2] He was the son of
Deioneus and
Diomede , husband of
Clymene
[3] (
Periclymene ), and the father of
Iphiclus ,
[4]
Alcimede ,
[5]
Evadne
[6] and possibly
Clymenus .
[7] In some accounts, Phylacus was also called the father of
Alcimache who became the mother of
Ajax the Lesser to
Oileus .
[8] His children and grandchildren are sometimes referred to by the
patronymic Phylacides .
[9] His grandson through Iphiclus was also named Phylacus.
[2] In some accounts, his grandsons
Protesilaus and
Podarces were called his sons by
Astyoche .
[10]
Phylacus, a
Trojan who was killed by
Leitus .
[11]
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.
[12]
Notes
^ Graves, Robert (1960). The Greek Myths . Harmondsworth, London, England: Penguin Books. pp. s.v. Melampus.
ISBN
978-0143106715 .
^
a
b
Eustathius on
Homer , p. 323
^
Scholia on
Apollonius Rhodius , 1.45; on
Odyssey 11.326
^ Homer,
Iliad 2.705
^
Hyginus , Fabulae
14 : compare "... Alcimede, Clymene's daughter..." vs. "... Iphiclus, son of Phylacus, by Periclymene , daughter of Minyas, from Thessaly, Jason's maternal uncle"
^ Hyginus, Fabulae 243
^
Apollodorus , 1.9.4 & 12
^ Scholia on Homer, Iliad 15.333 & 336
^ Homer, Odyssey 15. 231; Apollonius Rhodius, 1.47;
Propertius , Elegies 1.19
^ Eustathius on Homer, Iliad 323 & 41
^ Homer, Iliad 16.181
^
Pausanias , 10.8.7 & 10.23.2
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