Phocus
mythological figure · 3 works · 3 mentions · 4 anchored passages
in the texts
Andromache
Son of Peleus (by Andromache's account an earlier son), killed by Peleus, invoked by Menelaus as a counter-accusation.
Would that thou too hadst ne’er slain Phocus!
Theogony
A son of Aeacus and the Nereid Psamathe.
But of the daughters of Nereus, the Old man of the Sea, Psamathe the fair goddess, was loved by Aeacus through golden Aphrodite and bore Phocus.
Nemean
Half-brother of Peleus and Telamon, son of Aeacus and the sea-goddess Psamatheia, whose death the poet pointedly declines to narrate in full.
Reverence restrains me from speaking of an enormous and unjust venture, how indeed they left the glorious island, and what divine power drove the brave men from Oenone.
Once by the altar of father Zeus Hellenius the illustrious sons of Endais and the strong, mighty Phocus stood and prayed, stretching their hands to the sky, that the city would one day be famous for men and ships.