Editing Phocus

'''Phocus''' ({{IPAc-en|ˈ|f|oʊ|k|ə|s}}; [[Ancient Greek]]: Φῶκος means "seal"<ref>[[Robert Graves|Graves, Robert]]. ''[[The Greek Myths]]'' (1960).</ref>) was the name of the [[eponym]]ous hero of [[Phocis]] in [[Greek mythology]].<ref>[[Stephanus of Byzantium]] s. v. ''Phōkis''</ref> Ancient sources relate of more than one figure of this name, and of these at least two are explicitly said to have had Phocis named after them.

* Phocus, the son of [[Poseidon]] and [[Pronoe]], possible eponym of Phocis according to a [[scholia]]st on the ''[[Iliad]]''.<ref name=":0">[[Scholia]] on [[Homer]], ''[[Iliad]]'' 2.517</ref>
*[[Phocus (son of Aeacus)|Phocus]], son of [[Aeacus]] and [[Psamathe (Nereid)|Psamathe]],<ref name="Apollodorus">[[Bibliotheca (Pseudo-Apollodorus)|Apollodorus]], [http://data.perseus.org/citations/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0548.tlg001.perseus-eng1:3.12.6 3.12.6]; March, [https://archive.org/details/March.Jenny_Cassells.Dictionary.of.Classical.Mythology/page/628/mode/2up?view=theater s.v. Phocus, p. 628].</ref> also possible eponym of Phocis according to a scholiast on the ''Iliad''.<ref name=":0" />
* [[Phocus (son of Ornytion)|Phocus]], son of [[Ornytion]].<ref>[[Pausanias (geographer)|Pausanias]], [http://data.perseus.org/citations/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0525.tlg001.perseus-eng1:2.4.3 2.4.3].</ref>
* [[Phocus of Boeotia|Phocus]], father of [[Callirhoe (mythology)|Callirhoe]].<ref>[[Plutarch]], ''Amatoriae Narrationes'' 4</ref>
*Phocus, father of Manthea(seems to be a variation of the [[Callisto (mythology)|Callisto]] story) who consorted with [[Zeus]](who was in the form of a bear) and became the mother of Arctos(seems to be variation of the character of [[Arcas]]) by the god according to [[clementine literature]],Recognitions.The figure is mentioned by the literature to criticize the evils of polytheism in the views of christianity, specifically focusing on adulteries of Zeus.<ref>[[Pseudo-Clement]], ''[[Clementine Recognitions|Recognitions]]'' 10.21-23</ref>
* Phocus and [[Priasus]], two sons of [[Caeneus]], were counted among the [[Argonauts]].<ref>[[Gaius Julius Hyginus|Hyginus]], ''Fabulae'' 14</ref>
*Phocus the builder, son of [[Danaus]], is mentioned by Hyginus among the [[Achaeans (Homer)|Achaeans]] against [[Troy]], but is otherwise unknown.<ref>Hyginus, ''Fabulae'' 97</ref> [[Epeius]], builder of the [[Trojan Horse]], was a grandson of Phocus the son of Aeacus.

Phocus is also the name of the son of [[Phocion]].

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== References ==

* [[Bibliotheca (Pseudo-Apollodorus)|Pseudo-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. [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:1999.01.0022 Online version at the Perseus Digital Library.] [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:1999.01.0021 Greek text available from the same website].
* [[Gaius Julius Hyginus|Hyginus, Gaius Julius]], ''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.]
* March, Jenny, ''Cassell's Dictionary of Classical Mythology'', Casell & Co, 2001. {{ISBN|0-304-35788-X}}. [https://archive.org/stream/March.Jenny_Cassells.Dictionary.of.Classical.Mythology#page/n0/mode/2up Internet Archive].
* [[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].
* R. Scott Smith, Stephen Trzaskoma. Apollodorus' Library and Hyginus' Fabulae: Two Handbooks of Greek Mythology. Indianapolis: Hackett Pub., 2007. 64–65. Print.
* [[Stephanus of Byzantium]], ''Stephani Byzantii Ethnicorum quae supersunt,'' edited by August Meineike (1790-1870), published 1849. A few entries from this important ancient handbook of place names have been translated by Brady Kiesling. [https://topostext.org/work/241 Online version at the Topos Text Project.]
* [[William Smith (lexicographer)|Smith, William]], ''[[Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology]]'', London (1873). [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus%3atext%3a1999.04.0104 Online version at the Perseus Digital Library].
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