Physcus_(mythology)

Physcus (mythology)

Physcus (mythology)

Greek mythological figure

In Greek mythology, Physcus (Ancient Greek: Φύσκος Physkos) or Physcius, was a king of Locris[1] and son of Amphictyon and Chthonopatra[2] and father of Locrus.[3] In some accounts, however, he was called the grandson of Amphictyon through Aetolus, his predecessor to the throne.[4]

Notes

  1. [1]
    Pseudo-Scymnus, Circuit of the Earth 587 ff.
  2. [2]
    Eustathius on Homer, p. 277
  3. [3]
    Pseudo-Scymnus, Circuit of the Earth 587 ff.; Plutarch, Quaestiones Graecae 15
  4. [4]
    Pseudo-Scymnus, Circuit of the Earth 587 ff.; Stephanus of Byzantium, s. v. Physkos

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