Phorkys
deity figure · 2 works · 4 mentions · 5 anchored passages
Phorkys son of Phainops · the Old One of the Sea · the sea-king
in the texts
Iliad
Co-leader of the Phrygian contingent from Askania.
Phorkys, again, and noble Askanios led the Phrygians from the far country of Askania, and both were eager for the fray.
Ajax in his turn struck noble Phorkys son of Phainops in the middle of the belly as he was bestriding Hippothoos, and broke the plate of his cuirass;
Odyssey
Sea-king named as the father of the nymph Thoosa, and thus grandfather of Polyphemus.
Polyphemus is son to Poseidon by the nymph Thoosa, daughter to the sea-king Phorkys;
Now there is in the dêmos of Ithaca a haven of the Old One of the Sea, Phorkys, which lies between two points that break the line of the sea and shut the harbor in.
This is the haven of the Old One of the Sea, Phorkys, and here is the olive tree that grows at the head of it;