Periphas

Periphas (/ˈpɛrɪfəs/; Ancient Greek: Περίφᾱς,[1] Períphās "conspicuousness") in Greek mythology may refer to:

• Periphas, a legendary king of Attica who Zeus turned into an eagle.
• Periphas, one of the sons of Aegyptus. He married (and was killed by) Actaea, daughter of Danaus.[2]
• Periphas, a son of Oeneus.[3]
• Periphas, a son of Lapithes and Orsinome in Thessaly. He consorted with Astyagyia, daughter of Hypseus, and had by her eight sons, of whom the eldest, Antion was a possible father of Ixion with Perimela.[4]
• Periphas, one of the Lapiths at the wedding of Pirithous and Hippodamia.[5] He must not be confused with the above-mentioned Periphas who was also a Lapith.
• Periphas, same as Hyperphas.[6]
• Periphas, son of the Aetolian Ochesius, fell by the hand of Ares in the Trojan war.[7]
• Periphas, a companion of Neoptolemus who took part in the destruction of Troy.[8]
• Periphas, one of the suitors of Penelope.[9]
• Periphas, a son of Epytus, and a herald of Aeneas.[10]
• Periphas, one of the five sons of Arrhetus who fought against Dionysus in the Indian War.[11]

Notes

1. gen. Περίφαντος
2. Pseudo-Apollodorus, Bibliotheca 2.1.5
3. Antoninus Liberalis, Metamorphoses 2
4. Diodorus Siculus, Bibliotheca historica 4.69.2-3
5. Ovid, Metamorphoses 12.449
6. Scholia on Euripides, Phoenician Women, 63
7. Homer, Iliad 5.842
8. Virgil, Aeneid 2.476
9. Pseudo-Apollodorus, Bibliotheca, Epitome of Book 4, 7.29
10. Homer, Iliad 17.323
11. Nonnus, Dionysiaca 26.257

References

• Antoninus Liberalis, The Metamorphoses of Antoninus Liberalis translated by Francis Celoria (Routledge 1992). Online version at the Topos Text Project.
• Diodorus Siculus, The Library of History translated by Charles Henry Oldfather. Twelve volumes. Loeb Classical Library. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard University Press; London: William Heinemann, Ltd. 1989. Vol. 3. Books 4.59–8. Online version at Bill Thayer's Web Site
• Diodorus Siculus, Bibliotheca Historica. Vol 1-2. Immanel Bekker. Ludwig Dindorf. Friedrich Vogel. in aedibus B. G. Teubneri. Leipzig. 1888–1890. Greek text available at the Perseus Digital Library.
• 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.
• Nonnus of Panopolis, Dionysiaca translated by William Henry Denham Rouse (1863-1950), from the Loeb Classical Library, Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press, 1940. Online version at the Topos Text Project.
• Nonnus of Panopolis, Dionysiaca. 3 Vols. W.H.D. Rouse. Cambridge, MA., Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann, Ltd. 1940–1942. 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.
• Publius Ovidius Naso, Metamorphoses translated by Brookes More (1859-1942). Boston, Cornhill Publishing Co. 1922. Online version at the Perseus Digital Library.
• Publius Ovidius Naso, Metamorphoses. Hugo Magnus. Gotha (Germany). Friedr. Andr. Perthes. 1892. Latin text available at the Perseus Digital Library.
• Publius Vergilius Maro, Aeneid. Theodore C. Williams. trans. Boston. Houghton Mifflin Co. 1910. Online version at the Perseus Digital Library.
• Publius Vergilius Maro, Bucolics, Aeneid, and Georgics. J. B. Greenough. Boston. Ginn & Co. 1900. Latin text available at the Perseus Digital Library.

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