Phorbas (son of Lapithes)
In Greek mythology, Phorbas[pronunciation?] (Template:Lang-el, gen. Φόρβαντος) or Phorbaceus[pronunciation?] was a prince of the Thessalian Phlegyes who emigrated to Elis in the Peloponnesos. Phorbas was the son of Lapithes and Orsinome, and a brother of Periphas. He assisted Alector, king of Elis, in the war against Pelops, and shared the kingdom with him.[1] He married Hyrmine, sister of Alector, and gave his daughter Diogeneia in marriage to Alector. His sons with Hyrmine were Augeas (perhaps he of the Augean Stables[citation needed]) and Actor, the Argonauts.[2][3][4] Other less well-supported traditions have Phorbas as a bold boxer who attacked travelers on the road and was eventually defeated by Apollo.[5][6]
References
- ^ Diodorus Siculus, Library of History, 4. 69. 2
- ^ Pausanias, Description of Greece, 5. 1. 11
- ^ Pseudo-Apollodorus, Bibliotheca 2. 5. 5
- ^ Eustathius on Homer, p. 303
- ^ Scholia on Homer, Iliad, 23. 660
- ^ Ovid, Metamorphoses, 9. 414 & 12. 322
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