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 ...

, the name Phrastor (

Ancient Greek Ancient Greek (, ; ) includes the forms of the Greek language used in ancient Greece and the classical antiquity, ancient world from around 1500 BC to 300 BC. It is often roughly divided into the following periods: Mycenaean Greek (), Greek ...

: Φράστωρ) may refer to: *Phrastor, son of

Pelasgus In Greek mythology, Pelasgus (, ''Pelasgós'' means "ancient") was the eponymous ancestor of the Pelasgians, the mythical inhabitants of Greece who established the worship of the Dodonaean Zeus, Hephaestus, the Cabeiri, and other divinities. In the ...

and Menippe, daughter of

Peneus In Greek mythology, Peneus (; Greek: Πηνειός) was a Thessalian river god, one of the three thousand Rivers, a child of Oceanus and Tethys. Family The nymph Creusa bore him one son, Hypseus, who was King of the Lapiths, and three ...

. He was the father of

Amyntor Amyntor () may refer to: *In Greek mythology: :* Amyntor (son of Ormenus), a mythological king, who was the father of Phoenix, the tutor and companion of Achilles. :* Amyntor (son of Aegyptus), killed by his wife Damone, one of the Danaïdes. :* Amy ...

, grandfather of Teutamides, and great-grandfather of Nanas. *Phrastor, in a rare version of the myth, son of

Oedipus Oedipus (, ; "swollen foot") was a mythical Greek king of Thebes. A tragic hero in Greek mythology, Oedipus fulfilled a prophecy that he would end up killing his father and marrying his mother, thereby bringing disaster to his city and family. ...

and

Jocasta In Greek mythology, Jocasta (), also rendered as Iocaste ( ) and EpicasteHomer, ''Odyssey'', Vol. XI11.271/ref> (; ), was Queen of Thebes through her marriages to Laius and her son, Oedipus. She is best known for her role in the myths surroundi ...

and brother of Laonytus. The brothers fought against

Erginus Erginus () was the name of the following figures: * Erginus, king of Minyans and son of Clymenus. * Erginus, one of the Argonauts. * Erginus, a defender of Thebes in the war of the Seven against Thebes, killed by Hippomedon. * Erginus, a desce ...

of Orchomenus and fell in the battle. *Phrastor, victor of javelin throw during the first Olympic games established by Heracles.

Pindar Pindar (; ; ; ) was an Greek lyric, Ancient Greek lyric poet from Thebes, Greece, Thebes. Of the Western canon, canonical nine lyric poets of ancient Greece, his work is the best preserved. Quintilian wrote, "Of the nine lyric poets, Pindar i ...

, ''Olympic Odes'
10.71
/ref>

Notes

References

Dionysius of Halicarnassus Dionysius of Halicarnassus (, ; – after 7 BC) was a Greek historian and teacher of rhetoric, who flourished during the reign of Emperor Augustus. His literary style was ''atticistic'' – imitating Classical Attic Greek in its prime. ...

. ''Roman Antiquities, Volume I: Books 1-2''. Translated by Earnest Cary.

Loeb Classical Library The Loeb Classical Library (LCL; named after James Loeb; , ) is a monographic series of books originally published by Heinemann and since 1934 by Harvard University Press. It has bilingual editions of ancient Greek and Latin literature, ...

No. 319. Cambridge, Massachusetts:

Harvard University Press Harvard University Press (HUP) is an academic publishing house established on January 13, 1913, as a division of Harvard University. It is a member of the Association of University Presses. Its director since 2017 is George Andreou. The pres ...

, 1937
Online version by Bill ThayerOnline version at Harvard University Press
* Fowler, R. L. (2000), ''Early Greek Mythography: Volume 1: Text and Introduction'', Oxford University Press, 2000. . *

, ''Odes'', Diane Arnson Svarlien. 1990
Online version at the Perseus Digital Library
{{Greek myth index Princes in Greek mythology Mythological Thebans Boeotian mythology