In
Greek mythology, Pharis (
Ancient Greek: Φᾶριν means 'plough') was the son of
Hermes and the
Danaid Phylodameia, and founder of
Pharae in
Messene. He had one daughter,
Telegone, who consorted with the
river god Alpheius and had by him a son Ortilochus (
Orsilochus), who in his turn became father of
Diocles, and Diocles had twin sons
Crethon and Orsilochus, who fought at
Troy and were killed by
Aeneas.
Pausanias leaves open the question whether
Pharae in
Achaea
Achaea () or Achaia (), sometimes transliterated from Greek as Akhaia (, ''Akhaïa'' ), is one of the regional units of Greece. It is part of the region of Western Greece and is situated in the northwestern part of the Peloponnese peninsula. The ...
were founded by this Pharis (spelled "Phares" in this particular passage) or by someone else.
[Pausanias, ''Graeciae Descriptio'' 7.22.5]
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
*
Pausanias, ''Description of Greece'' with an English Translation by W.H.S. Jones, Litt.D., and H.A. Ormerod, M.A., in 4 Volumes. Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1918.
Online version at the Perseus Digital Library* Pausanias, ''Graeciae Descriptio.'' ''3 vols''. Leipzig, Teubner. 1903.
Greek text available at the Perseus Digital Library
Children of Hermes
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