Editing Periphetes

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'''Periphetes''' ({{IPAc-en|ˌ|p|ɛ|r|ᵻ|ˈ|f|iː|t|iː|z}}; [[Ancient Greek]]: Περιφήτης) is the name of several characters from [[Greek mythology]].

* Periphetes, an [[Arcadia (region)|Arcadian]] king as the son of [[Nyctimus]], son of King [[Lycaon (king of Arcadia)|Lycaon]]. He was the father of [[Parthaon (mythology)|Parthaon]], ancestor of [[Psophis (mythology)|Psophis]], one of the possible [[eponyms]] for the city of [[Psophis]].<ref>[[Pausanias (geographer)|Pausanias]], [http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Paus.+8.24.1&fromdoc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.01.0160:chapter=&highlight=Parthaon 8.24.1]</ref>
* Periphetes, also known as '''[[Periphetes|Corynetes]]''' (Κορυνήτης) meaning Club-Bearer from the club (κορύνη) which he carried, was a son of [[Hephaestus]]<ref>[[Diodorus Siculus]], 4.59.2</ref> and [[Anticlea (mythology)|Anticleia]]<ref>[[Bibliotheca (Pseudo-Apollodorus)|Apollodorus]], 3.16.1</ref> or of [[Poseidon]].<ref>[[Gaius Julius Hyginus|Hyginus]], ''Fabulae'' 38</ref>  Periphetes was lame (possibly in his feet, πόδας) like his father and used a bronze club as a crutch. He roamed the road from [[Athens]] to [[Troezen]] where he robbed travelers and killed them with his club. [[Theseus]] encountered and killed him near [[Epidaurus|Epidauros]] (See Plutarch, Life of Theseus, et al.).
* Periphetes, son of [[Copreus]]; he was killed during the [[Trojan War]] by [[Hector]].<ref>[[Homer]], ''[[Iliad]]'' 15.638</ref>
* Periphetes, king of [[Mygdonia]]. He fought with [[Sithon (mythology)|Sithon]] for the hand of the latter's daughter [[Pallene (daughter of Sithon)|Pallene]] and was killed.<ref>[[Conon (mythographer)|Conon]], ''Narrations'' [https://topostext.org/work/489#10 10]</ref>
* Periphetes, a Trojan who was killed by [[Teucer]].<ref>Homer, ''Iliad'' 14.515</ref>

== Other use ==

* Periphetes is a genus of [[Phasmatodea]] in the subfamily [[Lonchodinae]].

==Notes==
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== References ==

* [[Conon (mythographer)|Conon]]'', Fifty Narrations, surviving as one-paragraph summaries in the Bibliotheca (Library) of Photius, Patriarch of Constantinople'' translated from the Greek by Brady Kiesling. [https://web.archive.org/web/20190322161405/https://topostext.org/work/489 Online version at the Topos Text Project.]
* [[Gaius Julius Hyginus]], ''Fabulae from The Myths of Hyginus'' translated and edited by Mary Grant. University of Kansas Publications in Humanistic Studies. [https://topostext.org/work/206 Online version at the Topos Text Project.]
*[[Homer]], [[Iliad|''The Iliad'']] with an English Translation by A.T. Murray, Ph.D. in two volumes. Cambridge, MA., Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann, Ltd. 1924. {{ISBN|978-0674995796|}}. [http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:1999.01.0134 Online version at the Perseus Digital Library.]
*Homer, ''Homeri Opera'' in five volumes. Oxford, Oxford University Press. 1920. {{ISBN|978-0198145318|}}. [http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:1999.01.0133 Greek text available at the Perseus Digital Library].
* [[Pausanias (geographer)|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. [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Paus.+1.1.1 Online version at the Perseus Digital Library]
* Pausanias, ''Graeciae Descriptio.'' ''3 vols''. Leipzig, Teubner. 1903.  [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:1999.01.0159 Greek text available at the Perseus Digital Library].


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[[Category:Children of Hephaestus]]
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