In
Greek mythology
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, Phigalus (
Ancient Greek
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: Φίγαλος) was an
Arcadian prince as one of the 50 sons of the impious King
Lycaon[ Pausanias, 8.3.1, 5.7 & 39.2] either by the
naiad
In Greek mythology, the naiads (; ), sometimes also hydriads, are a type of female spirit, or nymph, presiding over fountains, wells, springs, streams, brooks and other bodies of fresh water.
They are distinct from river gods, who embodied ...
Cyllene,
Nonacris or by unknown woman. Otherwise, he was called an
autochthon.
[Pausanias, 8.39.2]
Mythology
Phigalus was the reputed eponymous founder of the Arcadian town of
Phigalia.
In other account, the name of the town was derived from the
dryad
A dryad (; , sing. ) is an oak tree nymph or oak tree spirit in Greek mythology; ''Drys'' (δρῦς) means "tree", and more specifically " oak" in Greek. Today the term is often used to refer to tree nymphs in general.
Types
Daphnaie
Thes ...
Phigalia.
During the reign of
Phialus, son of
Bucolion, the town was renamed as
Phialia but eventually reverted to Phigalia later.
[Pausanias, 8.3.2, 5.7 & 39.2]
Notes
References
*
Dionysus of Halicarnassus, ''Roman Antiquities.'' English translation by Earnest Cary in the Loeb Classical Library, 7 volumes. Harvard University Press, 1937-1950
Online version at Bill Thayer's Web Site* Dionysius of Halicarnassus, ''Antiquitatum Romanarum quae supersunt'', ''Vol I-IV''. . Karl Jacoby. In Aedibus B.G. Teubneri. Leipzig. 1885
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
Princes in Greek mythology
Mythological kings of Arcadia
Sons of Lycaon
Autochthons of classical mythology
Mythological Arcadians
Arcadian mythology
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