Greek mythology Greek mythology is the body of myths originally told by the Ancient Greece, ancient Greeks, and a genre of ancient Greek folklore, today absorbed alongside Roman mythology into the broader designation of classical mythology. These stories conc ...

, Phereclus or Phereclos, son of

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, was the

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who constructed the boat that

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used to kidnap Helen.

Mythology

Meriones targeted Phereclos and killed him by ramming a spear into his right buttock. Phereclus was a target because he built Paris' ships, and he could make other contraptions of war. In the ''

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vividly illustrates Phereclus' death in book five:

Namesake

2357 Phereclos 2357 Phereclos is a large Jupiter trojan from the Trojan camp, approximately in diameter. It was discovered on 1 January 1981, by American astronomer Edward Bowell at the Anderson Mesa Station near Flagstaff, Arizona, in the United States. The ...

, Jovian asteroid named after Phereclus

References

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