Editing Phineus (section)

== Family ==
Several different versions of Phineus's parentage were presented in ancient texts. According to [[Apollonius of Rhodes]], he was a son of [[Agenor]],<ref>Apollonius of Rhodes, [https://topostext.org/work/126 2.236–7]</ref> but the ''[[Bibliotheca (Pseudo-Apollodorus)|Bibliotheca]]'' says that other authors named his father as [[Poseidon]] (who is the father of Agenor).<ref name=":0">Apollodorus, [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Apollod.+1.9.21 1.9.21]</ref> The [[Hesiod|Hesiodic]] ''[[Catalogue of Women]]'', on the other hand, reported that Phineus was the son of [[Phoenix (son of Agenor)|Phoenix]]<ref>[[Pseudo-Scymnus|Pseudo-Scymnos]], ''Circuit de la terre'' 953 ff.</ref> and [[Cassiopeia (wife of Phoenix)|Cassiopeia]].<ref>[[Hesiod]], ''[[Catalogue of Women|Ehoiai]]'' fr. 138 ({{harvnb|Merkelbach|West|1967}}); Scholia on Apollonius of Rhodes, 2.178</ref><ref>Phineus was the grandson of Agenor as the son of Phoenix according to [[Pherecydes of Athens|Pherecydes]] and [[Antimachus]] as cited in George W. Mooney, ''Commentary on Apollonius: Argonautica'' vs ''[https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.04.0068%3Atext%3Dcomm%3Abook%3D2%3Acommline%3D178 Phineus]''</ref>

His first wife was [[Cleopatra (Greek myth)|Cleopatra]], daughter of [[Anemoi#Boreas|Boreas]] and [[Oreithyia]], by whom he had a pair of sons, named [[Plexippus]] and [[Pandion (mythology)|Pandion]],<ref>Apollodorus, [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Apollod.+3.15.2 3.15.3]</ref> or [[Gerymbas]] and [[Aspondus]],<ref>Scholia on [[Sophocles]], ''[[Antigone (Sophocles play)|Antigone]]'' 977 (ed. Brunck)</ref> or [[Polydector]] ([[Polydectus (mythology)|Polydectus]]) and [[Polydorus]],<ref>Scholia on [[Ovid]], ''[[Ibis (Ovid)|Ibis]]'' [https://journals.openedition.org/dictynna/912 273]</ref> or [[Parthenius (mythology)|Parthenius]] and [[Crambis]],<ref>Scholia on Apollonius Rhodius, 2.140; {{harvtxt|Dräger|2007}}</ref> or  [[Oryithus]] ([[Oarthus]]) and Crambis{{Citation needed|date=September 2018}}. His second wife, [[Idaea of Thrace|Idaea]], daughter of the [[Scythia]]n king [[Dardanus (mythological king)|Dardanus]]<ref>[[Diodorus Siculus]], [https://penelope.uchicago.edu/Thayer/E/Roman/Texts/Diodorus_Siculus/4C*.html#43 4.43.3–4]; Apollodorus, [http://data.perseus.org/citations/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0548.tlg001.perseus-eng1:3.15.3 3.15.3]; Tripp, s.v. Dardanus (2) p. 190</ref> (less commonly [[Dia (mythology)|Dia]],<ref name=":2">Scholia on Apollonius of Rhodes, 2.178</ref> [[Eidothea (Greek myth)|Eidothea]], sister of [[Cadmus]],<ref>Scholia on Sophocles, ''Antigone'' [https://topostext.org/work/25 989]</ref> or [[Eurytia]]<ref name="Schol. Od. 12. 69">Scholia on [[Homer]], ''[[Odyssey]]'' [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Hom.+Od.+12.69&fromdoc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.01.0136 12.69]</ref>), deceived him into blinding these sons, a fate Phineus himself would suffer.<ref>Scholia on Apollonius of Rhodes, 2.178; Sophocles, ''Antigone'' [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.01.0186%3Acard%3D966 966–76]</ref>

By his second wife, or by a [[Scythian]] concubine,<ref>Idaea and the [[Scythians|Scythian]] concubine might be the same.</ref> Phineus had two more sons, [[Mariandynus]] and [[Thynus]].<ref name="Sch. Ap. Rhod. 2. 140">Scholia on Apollonius Rhodius, 2.140</ref> According to some sources, he also had two daughters, [[Eraseia]] and [[Harpyreia]],<ref>[[Tzetzes]], ''[[John Tzetzes|Chiliades]]'' [http://www.theoi.com/Text/TzetzesChiliades1.html 1.220]; on [[Lycophron]], ''Alexandra'' [http://www.theoi.com/Text/LycophronAlexandra.html 166]</ref> while another daughter [[Olizone]] was called the wife of [[Dardanus (son of Zeus)|Dardanus]], who was the son of [[Zeus]] and [[Electra (Pleiad)|Electra]], and became the mother of [[Erichthonius of Dardania|Erichthonius]].<ref>[[Dictys Cretensis]], [https://topostext.org/work/152#3.5 3.5 & 4.22]</ref>

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! rowspan="3" |Relation
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!''Homer''
!''Hesiod''
!''Sophocles''
! colspan="3" |''Apollon.''
! rowspan="2" |''Diodo.''
!''Ovid''
! rowspan="2" |''Valer.''
! rowspan="2" |''Apollod.''
! rowspan="2" |''Dictys''
! rowspan="2" |''Nonnus''
! rowspan="2" |''Tzetzes''
! rowspan="2" |''Unknown''
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|''Sch. Ody.''
|''[[Catalogue of Women|Ehoiai]]''
|''Sch. Anti.''
|''Argo.''
| colspan="2" |''Sch.''
|''Sch. Ibis''
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| rowspan="3" |''Parentage''
|Phoenix and Cassiopeia
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