Phineus

For other uses, see Phineus (mythology).
Not to be confused with Phinehas.
Phineus with the Boreads.

In Greek mythology, Phineus[1] (/ˈfɪniːəs, ˈfɪn.juːs/; Ancient Greek: Φινεύς, Ancient Greek: [pʰiː.neǔs]) or Phineas, was a king of Salmydessus in Thrace[2] and seer, who appears in accounts of the Argonauts' voyage.[3] Some accounts make him a king in Paphlagonia[4] or in Arcadia.[5]

  1. ^ The name is occasionally rendered "Phineas" in popular culture, as in the film Jason and the Argonauts. "Phineus" may be associated with the ancient city of Phinea (or Phineopolis) on the Thracian Bosphorus.[citation needed]
  2. ^ Scholia on Apollonius of Rhodes, 2.178, 237; Scholia ad eund 2.177; Apollodorus, 1.9.21
  3. ^ Bremmer (1996), Dräger (2007).
  4. ^ Scholia on Apollonius of Rhodes, 2.178, 237; Scholia ad eund 2.177; Eustathius ad Homer, Iliad 2.851, ad Dionysius Periegetes, 787; Stephanus of Byzantium, s.v.; Constantine Porphyrogennetos, De thematibus 1.7; William Smith, Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography s.v. Paphlagonia
  5. ^ Servius, Commentary on Virgil's Aeneid 3.209