In Greek mythology, Phorbas (/ˈfɔːrbəs/; Ancient Greek: Φόρβας Phórbās, gen. Φόρβαντος Phórbantos means 'giving pasture'), or Phorbaceus[citation needed] /fɔːrˈbeɪˌʃ(j)uːs/, may refer to:
- Phorbas, son of Lapithes and Orsinome, and a brother of Periphas.[1]
- Phorbas, son of Triopas and Hiscilla, daughter of Myrmidon.[2]
- Phorbas, king of Argos, father of a different Triopas who succeeded him as king. Triopas was the brother of Arestor[3]
- Phorbas, a shepherd of King Laius, who found the infant Oedipus on the hillside and ensured his survival to fulfill his destiny.[4] 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.[5]
- Phorbas, listed as a king or archon of Athens[6]
- Phorbas of Lesbos, father of Diomede[7]
- Phorbas of Troy, who was favored and made rich by Hermes. He had a son Ilioneus, who was killed by Peneleos.[8]
- Phorbas, son of Metion of Syene, who fought on Phineus' side against Perseus[9]
- Phorbas of Acarnania, son of Poseidon, who went to Eleusis together with Eumolpus to fight against Erechtheus, and was killed by the opponent.[10]
- Phorbas, one of the twelve younger Panes[11]
- 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.[12]
- Phorbas, who is called father of Tiresias by the Cretans[13]
- Phorbas, charioteer of Theseus[14]
- Phorbas, father of Dexithea who, according to one version, was the mother of Romulus and Remus by Aeneas[15]
- 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.[16]
- ^ Apollodorus, 2.5.5
- ^ Diodorus Siculus, 5.58.5
- ^ "Arestor", Wikipedia, 2022-12-27, retrieved 2023-05-07
- ^ Seneca the Younger, Oedipus 840 ff.
- ^ Statius, Thebaid 7.253
- ^ Pausanias, 6.19.13
- ^ Homer, Iliad 9.665; Dictys Cretensis, 2.16
- ^ Homer, Iliad 14.489 ff.; Virgil, Aeneid 5.842
- ^ Ovid, Metamorphoses 5.74
- ^ Eustathius on Homer, p. 1156; Scholia on Homer, Iliad 18.483 ff.; Scholia on Euripides, Phoenician Women 854; Suda, s.v. Phorbanteion
- ^ Nonnus, 14.94 ff.
- ^ Stephanus of Byzantium, s.v. Ambrakia, Dexamenai
- ^ Ptolemy Hephaestion, New History 1
- ^ Hesychius of Alexandria, s.v. Phorbas
- ^ Plutarch, Romulus 2.2
- ^ Greek Anthology 3.12 (Gk text)