Editing Phegeus

In [[Greek mythology]], '''Phegeus''' ([[Ancient Greek]]: Φηγεύς) was the name of the following characters:
* Phegeus, another name for [[Aegialeus (King of Sicyon)|Aegialeus]], son of [[Inachus]] and  the [[nymph]] [[Melia (consort of Inachus)|Melia]], who received part of the territories of Argos ruled by his father. <ref name=":0">[[Augustine of Hippo|Augustine]], ''[[The City of God|City of God]]'' [http://topostext.org/work.php?work_id=235#18.3 18.3]</ref><ref>[[Scholia]] ad [[Euripides]], ''[[Orestes (play)|Orestes]]'' [https://archive.org/details/scholiaineuripi00schwgoog/page/n229/mode/1up?view=theater 932] recounted that Phegeus and [[Aegialeus (King of Sicyon)|Aegialeus]] were two different persons— Phegeus being the son of [[Inachus]] and [[Melia (consort of Inachus)|Melia]] while Aegialeus, the son of [[Phoroneus]] and [[Peitho]]</ref> On the death of his brother, [[Phoroneus]], Phegeus built a temple at the tomb where the former was worshipped as a deity and oxen were sacrificed to him.<ref name=":0" />
*[[Phegeus (king of Psophis)|Phegeus]], king of [[Psophis]].<ref name=":02">[[Bibliotheca (Pseudo-Apollodorus)|Apollodorus]], [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Apollod.+3.7.6&fromdoc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.01.0022:boo=0:chapter=0&highlight=Phegeus 3.7.6]</ref>
* Phegeus, was one of the [[Thebes, Greece|Thebans]] who ambushed [[Tydeus]] during the war of the [[Seven against Thebes]]. Like others participating in this ambush he was killed by Tydeus.<ref>[[Statius]], ''[[Thebaid (Latin poem)|Thebaid]]'' 2.609</ref>
* Phegeus, a defender of [[Thebes, Greece|Thebes]] in the war of the [[Seven against Thebes]]. He was killed by [[Agreus (mythology)|Agreus]]<sub>.</sub><ref>Statius, ''Thebaid'' 7.603 & 8.441</ref>
* Phegeus, an [[Athens|Athenian]] messenger whom [[Theseus]] sent to [[Creon of Thebes|Creon]] with a threat of war against Thebes, if Creon would not let the bodies of those who had died attacking Thebes in the war of the [[Seven against Thebes]] be burned.<ref>Statius, ''Thebaid'' 12.596</ref>
* Phegeus, son of [[Dares Phrygius|Dares]], priest of [[Hephaestus]] at [[Troy]]. He was the brother of [[Idaeus]] and was killed by [[Diomedes]] during the [[Trojan War]].<ref>[[Homer]], ''[[Iliad]]'' 5.9 ff.</ref>
* Phegeus, one of [[Aeneas]]' companions in Italy. He was killed by [[Turnus]], the man who opposed Aeneas in [[Italy]].<ref>[[Virgil]], ''[[Aeneid]]'' 5.263 & 9.765</ref>
* Phegeus, soldier in the army of Aeneas. He was killed by Turnus, the man who opposed Aeneas in Italy.<ref>Virgil, ''Aeneid'' 12.371 ff.</ref>

== Notes ==
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== References ==

* [[Bibliotheca (Pseudo-Apollodorus)|Apollodorus]], ''The Library'' with an English Translation by Sir James George Frazer, F.B.A., F.R.S. in 2 Volumes, Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1921. ISBN 0-674-99135-4. [http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:1999.01.0022 Online version at the Perseus Digital Library.] [http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:1999.01.0021 Greek text available from the same website].
* [[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].
* [[Statius|Publius Papinius Statius]]'', [[Thebaid (Latin poem)|The Thebaid]]'' translated by John Henry Mozley. Loeb Classical Library Volumes. Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1928. [https://topostext.org/work/149 Online version at the Topos Text Project.]
* Publius Papinius Statius, ''The Thebaid. Vol I-II''. John Henry Mozley. London: William Heinemann; New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons. 1928. [http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:2008.01.0498 Latin text available at the Perseus Digital Library.]
* [[Virgil|Publius Vergilius Maro]], ''[[Aeneid]].'' Theodore C. Williams. trans. Boston. Houghton Mifflin Co. 1910. [http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.02.0054%3Abook%3D1%3Acard%3D1 Online version at the Perseus Digital Library.]
* Publius Vergilius Maro, ''Bucolics, Aeneid, and Georgics''. J. B. Greenough. Boston. Ginn & Co. 1900. [http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:1999.02.0055 Latin text available at the Perseus Digital Library].

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