Doryclus

In Greek mythology, Doryclus (Ancient Greek: Δόρυκλος) may refer to the following personages:

• Doryclus, son of King Agenor of Tyre and brother of Cadmus, Cilix, Phoenix[1], Isaia and Melia[2]
• Doryclus, son of king Priam mentioned in Homer's Iliad,[3] Hyginus' Fabulae[4] and the Bibliotheca.[5] His mother's name is unknown. He is ultimately killed by Ajax.

Notes

1. Pherecydes, 3F86
2. Gantz, p. 208; Pherecydes fr. 21 Fowler 2001, p. 289 = FGrHist 3 F 21 = Scholia on Apollonius Rhodius, Argonautica 3.1177-87f.
3. Homer, Iliad 11.489
4. Hyginus, Fabulae 90
5. Pseudo-Apollodorus, Bibliotheca 3.12.5

References

• Gaius Julius Hyginus, Fabulae from The Myths of Hyginus translated and edited by Mary Grant. University of Kansas Publications in Humanistic Studies. Online version at the Topos Text Project.
• Homer, 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. Online version at the Perseus Digital Library.
• Homer, Homeri Opera in five volumes. Oxford, Oxford University Press. 1920. Greek text available at the Perseus Digital Library.
• 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. Online version at the Perseus Digital Library. Greek text available from the same website.