Phorcys

A son of Phaenops, commander of the Phrygians of Ascania, assisted Priam in the Trojan war, but was slain by Ajax. His brothers Thoon and Xanthus likewise did not survive the war.

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References

Sources

  • Homer. Iliad ii, 862; xvii, 218, 312 ff.
  • Pausanias. Description of Greece x, 26.2.
  • 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.