Editing Phlegyas (section)

==Family==
Phlegyas was the son of [[Ares]] and [[Chryse (mythology)|Chryse]], daughter of [[Almus of Orchomenus|Halmus]],<ref>[[Pausanias (geographer)|Pausanias]], 9.36.1</ref> or of [[Dotis]].<ref>[[Bibliotheca (Pseudo-Apollodorus)|Apollodorus]], 3.5.5</ref> In one account, he was mentioned as an [[Autochthon (ancient Greece)|autochthon]].<ref>[[Nonnus]], 29.31</ref> Phlegyas was the brother of [[Ixion]], another king of the Lapiths,<ref>[[Strabo]], 9. p. 442</ref> and [[Gyrton (mythology)|Gyrton]], eponym of a [[Ancient Thessaly|Thessalian]] [[Gyrton (Thessaly)|town]].<ref>[[Strabo]], 9. p.442. Page numbers refer to those of [[Isaac Casaubon|Isaac Casaubon's]] edition; [[Stephanus of Byzantium]], s.v. ''Γυρτών''</ref>

Phlegyas was the father of Ixion, in some accounts, as well as [[Coronis (lover of Apollo)|Coronis]], one of [[Apollo]]'s lovers. The girl's mother was called [[Cleopheme]], daughter of [[Malus (mythology)|Malus]] and the [[Muses|Muse]] [[Erato]].<ref name="Isyllus, Hymn to Asclepius">[[Isyllus]], ''Hymn to Asclepius'' [http://www.attalus.org/poetry/paeans.html#F 128.37 ff.]</ref> According to one tradition, he had no children.<ref>[[Bibliotheca (Pseudo-Apollodorus)|Apollodorus]], 3.5.5</ref> Another daughter, [[Gyrtone (mythology)|Gyrtone]], was also said to have given her name to Gyrton.