Falsafa

Comma for either/or — dharma, courage. Spelling forgiving — corage finds courage.

    The Atlas·Figures

    Pheres

    mythological figure · 3 works · 3 mentions · 6 anchored passages

    aged sire · descendant of Pheres · father of Admetus

    in the texts

    AlcestisClassical · Greek

    Admetus's aged father, who refused to die in his son's place despite being near the end of his natural life, and who clashes bitterly with Admetus at Alcestis's funeral.

    So he went through all his list of friends, made trial of each, his father and the aged mother that bare him, but none he found save his wife alone that was willing to die for him and forego the light of life;
    alcestis
    Dominion wide is thine, and acres broad I will leave to thee, for from my father did I inherit them.
    alcestis
    Pheres:
    alcestis

    IliadClassical · Greek

    Ancestor of Eumelos, named once via the phrase 'the descendant of Pheres.'

    The horses of the descendant of Pheres now took the lead, and close behind them came the Trojan stallions of Diomedes.
    book 23

    OdysseyClassical · Greek

    One of Tyro's sons by Cretheus, named without further detail.

    The rest of her children were by Cretheus, namely, Aison, Pheres, and Amythaon, who was a mighty warrior and charioteer.
    book 11