Phorbas
mythological figure · 3 works · 3 mentions · 3 anchored passages
in the texts
On the Mysteries
Figure associated with a shrine near the Hermes in Euphiletus' story.
When Euphiletus saw my condition, he informed the others that I had consented to join them and had promised him to mutilate the Hermes next to the shrine of Phorbas as my share in the escapade.
Suppliants
Captain of the Athenian (Erechthid) cavalry in the battle against Thebes.
Now when Phorbas, who captained the cavalry of the Erechthidae, saw the thronging chariots, he and they who had the charge of the Theban horse met hand to hand, and by turns were victors and vanquished.
Iliad
Rich flock-master and father of the slain Ilioneus, favored by Hermes.
He sprang towards Akamas, but Akamas did not stand his ground, and he killed Ilioneus son of the rich flock-master Phorbas, whom Hermes had favored and endowed with greater wealth than any other of the Trojans.