Phaeax

A son of Poseidon and Cercyra (Corcyra), from whom the Phaeacians derived their name. Conon1 calls him the father of Alcinous and Locrus.

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References

Notes

  1. Narratives, 3.

Sources

  • Diodorus Siculus. Historical Library iv, 72.
  • Smith, William. (1870). Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology. London: Taylor, Walton, and Maberly.
  • Stephanus of Byzantium, s.v. Φαίαξ.

This article incorporates text from Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology (1870) by William Smith, which is in the public domain.