Pheres

The son of Cretheus and Tyro, and brother of Aeson and Amythaon; he was married to Periclymene, by whom he became the father of Admetus, Lycurgus, Idomene, and Periapis.

He was believed to have founded the town of Pherae in Thessaly.

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References

Sources

  • Homer. Odyssey xii, 259.
  • Pseudo-Apollodorus. The Library i, 9.11, 14; iii, 10.4, 13.8.
  • 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.