In Greek mythology, Phorbas (Ancient Greek: Φόρβας, gen. Φόρβαντος) or Phorbaceus was the sixth king of Argos.
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👉 Phorbas (king of Argos) in the context of Melantho
In Greek mythology, Melantho (/mɪˈlænθoʊ/; Ancient Greek: Μελανθώ) may refer to the following women:
- Melantho, also called Melanthea, a Phthian princess as the daughter of King Deucalion and Pyrrha, daughter of Epimetheus and Pandora. She was the sister of Hellen, Protogenea and Amphictyon. Melanthea’s other possible siblings were Pandora, Thyia, Orestheus, Marathonios, Pronous and Candybus. Melantho was seduced by Poseidon the shape of a dolphin and by him, bore a son Delphus. In one account, Melantheia instead married King Hyamus of Hyampolis, son of Lycorus, and by him the mother of two daughters, Melanis and Celaeno of whom either might have been mother of Delphus by Apollo.
- Melantho, also called Melantomice, an Argive queen as the wife of King Criasus. She was the mother of Phorbas, Ereuthalion and Cleoboea.
- Melantho, the disloyal maid of Penelope.
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Phorbas (king of Argos) in the context of Triopas
In Greek mythology, Triopas (/ˈtraɪəpəs/) or Triops (/ˈtraɪ.əps, ˈtraɪˌɒps/; Ancient Greek: Τρίωψ, gen.: Τρίοπος) was the name of several characters whose relations are unclear.
- Triopas, king of Argos and son of Phorbas. His daughter was Messene.
- Triopas, king of Thessaly, and son of Poseidon and princess Canace, daughter of King Aeolus of Aeolia. He was the brother of Aloeus, Epopeus, Hopleus and Nireus. Triopas was the husband of Myrmidon's daughter Hiscilla, by whom he became the father of Iphimedeia, Phorbas and Erysichthon. He destroyed a temple of Demeter in order to obtain materials for roofing his own house, and was punished by insatiable hunger as well as being plagued by a snake which inflicted illness on him. Eventually Demeter placed him and the snake among the stars as the constellation Ophiuchus to remind others of his crime and punishment. A city in Caria was named Triopion after him.
- Triopas, one of the Heliadae, sons of Helios and Rhodos and grandson of Poseidon. Triopas, along with his brothers, Macar, Actis and Candalus, were jealous of a fifth brother, Tenages's, skill at science, and killed him. When their crime was discovered, Triopas escaped to Caria and seized a promontory which received his name (the Triopian Promontory). Later, he founded the city of Knidos. There was a statue of him and his horse at Delphi, an offering by the people of Knidos.
The name's popular etymology is "he who has three eyes" (from τρι- "three" + -ωπ- "see") but the ending -ωψ, -οπος suggests a Pre-Greek origin.
Phorbas (king of Argos) in the context of Phorbas
In Greek mythology, Phorbas (/ˈfɔːrbəs/; Ancient Greek: Φόρβας Phórbās, gen. Φόρβαντος Phórbantos means 'giving pasture'), or Phorbaceus /fɔːrˈbeɪˌʃ(j)uːs/, may refer to:
- Phorbas, son of Lapithes and Orsinome, and a brother of Periphas.
- Phorbas, son of Triopas and Hiscilla, daughter of Myrmidon.
- Phorbas, king of Argos, father of a different Triopas who succeeded him as king. Triopas was the brother of Arestor
- Phorbas, a shepherd of King Laius, who found the infant Oedipus on the hillside and ensured his survival to fulfill his destiny. A number of sculptures, ranging from the 14th to the 19th century, memorialize Phorbas' rescue of Oedipus. He might be the same as Phorbas, attendant of Antigone.
- Phorbas, listed as a king or archon of Athens
- Phorbas of Lesbos, father of Diomede
- Phorbas of Troy, who was favored and made rich by Hermes. He had a son Ilioneus, who was killed by Peneleos.
- Phorbas, son of Metion of Syene, who fought on Phineus' side against Perseus
- Phorbas of Acarnania, son of Poseidon, who went to Eleusis together with Eumolpus to fight against Erechtheus, and was killed by the opponent.
- Phorbas, one of the twelve younger Panes
- Phorbas, son of Helios and father of Ambracia (eponym of the city of Ambracia). Ambracia could also have been daughter of Augeas, granddaughter of Phorbas of Thessaly.
- Phorbas, who is called father of Tiresias by the Cretans
- Phorbas, charioteer of Theseus
- Phorbas, father of Dexithea who, according to one version, was the mother of Romulus and Remus by Aeneas
- Phorbas, suitor of Megara, mother of Ixion in one source. Together with another suitor, Polymelos, they slain Megara and, in vengeance, were murdered by the latter’s son.
Phorbas (king of Argos) in the context of Cleoboea
In Greek mythology, the name Cleoboea (Ancient Greek: Κλεόβοια, romanized: Kleóboia, lit. 'renowned cattle') refers to multiple women:
- Cleoboea, daughter of Criasus and Melantho, sister of Phorbas and Ereuthalion.
- Cleoboea, mother of Eurythemis. Her daughter was married to King Thestius of Pleuron in Aetolia. Cleoboea herself is otherwise unknown.
- Cleoboea, mother of Philonis by Eosphoros. Philonis, in her turn, became the mother of Philammon by Apollo.
- Cleoboea, who was said to have been the first to have brought the orgies of Demeter to Thasos from Paros. Pausanias describes a painting which portrays her and Tellis, grandfather of the poet Archilochus, both as young people, on board the boat, with a chest in Cleoboea's hands which is supposed to contain some objects sacred to Demeter.
- Cleoboea or Philaechme, wife of Phobius (a descendant of Neleus) the king of Miletus. She fell in love with the young man named Antheus and tried to seduce him, but he rejected her advances, so she killed him.