The ''Phoronis'' is a lost work by the fifth-century Greek historian
Hellanicus of Lesbos
Hellanicus (or Hellanikos) of Lesbos (Greek: , ''Ἑllánikos ὁ Lésvios''), also called Hellanicus of Mytilene (Greek: , ''Ἑllánikos ὁ Mutilēnaῖos'') was an ancient Greek logographer who flourished during the latter half of the 5th cen ...
. It takes its title from the local
Tirynthian culture hero
A culture hero is a mythological hero specific to some group (cultural, ethnic, religious, etc.) who changes the world through invention or discovery. Although many culture heroes help with the creation of the world, most culture heroes are im ...
Phoroneus
In Greek mythology, Phoroneus (; Ancient Greek: Φορωνεύς means 'bringer of a price') was a culture-hero of the Argolid, fire-bringer,law giver, and primordial king of Argos.
Family
Phoroneus was the son of the river god Inachus and e ...
. It was an account of
Argolic tradition, consisting mostly of genealogies, with short accounts of various events included, from the time of Phoroneus, the "father of mortal men", to the "
Return of the Heracleidae".
[''Britannica'' 1905]
s.v. Hellanicus p. 566
Phoroneus, was said to be the "father of mortal men" in the epic poem also called ''Phoronis
''Phoronis'' is one of the two genus, genera of the horseshoe worm family (Phoronidae), in the phylum (biology), phylum Phoronida. The body has two sections, each with its own coelom. There is a specialist feeding structure, the lophophore, whic ...
'' (c. 7th – 6th century BC), by an unknown author, which told the story of Phoroneus, see Fowler 2013
p. 236
''Phoronis'' fr. 1 West
pp. 282, 283
Notes
References
*''The Encyclopædia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and General Literature, Volume 11'', Werner Company, 1905.
* Fowler, R. L. (2000), ''Early Greek Mythography: Volume 1: Text and Introduction'', Oxford University Press, 2000. .
* Fowler, R. L. (2013), ''Early Greek Mythography: Volume 2: Commentary'', Oxford University Press, 2013. .
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Müller, Karl Wilhelm Ludwig (1841), ''Fragmenta Historicorum Graecorum'', Volume I, 1841
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Müller, Karl Wilhelm Ludwig (1851), ''Fragmenta Historicorum Graecorum'', Volume IV, 1851
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* Mure, William, ''A Critical History of the Language and Literature of Ancient Greece, Volume 4'', Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, 1853.
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West, M. L. (2003), ''Greek Epic Fragments: From the Seventh to the Fifth Centuries BC''. Edited and translated by Martin L. West.
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