Periphas (king of Attica)

Illustration of a slab now in the British Museum of the apotheosis of the king and queen of Athens.

In Greek mythology, Periphas (/ˈpɛrɪfəs/; Ancient Greek: Περίφας,[1] Períphās "conspicuousness") was a legendary king of Attica, whom Zeus turned into an eagle.[2] Aside from a passing reference in Ovid's Metamorphoses, the only known source for this story is the second century AD or later Metamorphoses of Antoninus Liberalis.[3]

  1. ^ gen. Περίφαντος
  2. ^ Smith, s.v. Periphas 5.
  3. ^ Antoninus Liberalis, 6; Cook 1925, p. 1122