In
Greek mythology, the name Phaenops (
Ancient Greek: Φαίνοπος) refers to three characters who are all associated with
Troy and the
Trojan War:
* Phaenops, father of
Xanthus and
Thoon, who were slain by
Diomedes
Diomedes (Jones, Daniel; Roach, Peter, James Hartman and Jane Setter, eds. ''Cambridge English Pronouncing Dictionary''. 17th edition. Cambridge UP, 2006.) or Diomede (; grc-gre, Διομήδης, Diomēdēs, "god-like cunning" or "advised by ...
. He was an old man by the time the Trojan War began, and had no other sons and heirs except these two.
* Phaenops, father of
Phorcys, from
Phrygia
In classical antiquity, Phrygia ( ; grc, Φρυγία, ''Phrygía'' ) was a kingdom in the west central part of Anatolia, in what is now Asian Turkey, centered on the Sangarios River. After its conquest, it became a region of the great empires ...
.
* Phaenops, son of
Asius, grandson of
Dymas and brother of
Adamas Adamas may refer to:
* Adamantas, a town in Greece
* Adamas (mythology), a character in the Iliad
* Adamas University, in Barasat, West Bengal, India
* Adamas International School, in Belgharia, Kolkata, India
* Adamas Institute of Technology
...
. He was a resident of
Abydus and the best
guest-friend of
Hector.
Apollo, at one point, assumed the form of this Phaenops to appear in front of Hector.
[Homer, ''Iliad'' 17.583-585]
Notes
References
*
Homer,
''The Iliad'' with an English Translation by A.T. Murray, Ph.D. in two volumes. Cambridge, MA., Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann, Ltd. 1924.
Online version at the Perseus Digital Library.* Homer, ''Homeri Opera'' in five volumes. Oxford, Oxford University Press. 1920.
Greek text available at the Perseus Digital Library
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