Pharis

A son of Hermes and Philodameia, by whom he became the father of Telegone. He is the reputed founder of the town of Pharae in Messenia.

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References

Sources

  • Pausanias. Description of Greece iv, 30.2, vii, 22.3, where he is called Phares.
  • Smith, William. (1870). Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology. London: Taylor, Walton, and Maberly.

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