Phoroneus

Phoroneus
Relief from Giotto's Campanile, depicting Phoroneus as the man who invented law.

In Greek mythology, Phoroneus (/fəˈrɒn.js/; Ancient Greek: Φορωνεύς means 'bringer of a price'[1]) was a culture-hero of the Argolid, fire-bringer,[2] law giver,[3] and primordial king of Argos.

  1. ^ Graves, Robert (1960). The Greek Myths. Harmondsworth, London, England: Penguin Books. pp. s.v. Phoroneus. ISBN 978-0143106715.
  2. ^ Pausanias 2.19.5
  3. ^ Clement of Alexandria, protrepticus p. 233