Phalerus

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::summary Ancient Greek mythological figure ::

In Greek mythology, Phalerus (; Ancient Greek: Φάληρος) or Phalereus (Φαληρεὺς) may refer to the following characters:

• Phalerus, one of the Argonauts and son of Alcon from Athens.
• Phalerus or Phalereus, one of the Lapiths who attended the wedding of Pirithous and Hippodamia, and fought against the centaurs during the celebrated Centauromachy.
• Phalereus, the Spartan son of Icarius and Asterodia, daughter of Eurypylus. He was the brother of Amasichus, Thoon, Pheremmelias, Perilaos, Penelope and Laodamia (also called Mede or Hypsipyle).
• Phalerus, a Trojan warrior who was killed by Neoptolemus.

Notes

References

• Apollonius Rhodius, Argonautica translated by Robert Cooper Seaton (1853-1915), R. C. Loeb Classical Library Volume 001. London, William Heinemann Ltd, 1912. Online version at the Topos Text Project.
• Apollonius Rhodius, Argonautica. George W. Mooney. London. Longmans, Green. 1912. Greek text available at the Perseus Digital Library.
• Gaius Julius Hyginus, Fabulae from The Myths of Hyginus translated and edited by Mary Grant. University of Kansas Publications in Humanistic Studies. Online version at the Topos Text Project.
• Hesiod, Shield of Heracles from The Homeric Hymns and Homerica with an English Translation by Hugh G. Evelyn-White, Cambridge, MA., Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1914. Online version at the Perseus Digital Library. Greek text available from the same website.
• The Orphic Argonautica, translated by Jason Colavito. © Copyright 2011. Online version at the Topos Text Project.
• Pausanias, Description of Greece with an English Translation by W.H.S. Jones, Litt.D., and H.A. Ormerod, M.A., in 4 Volumes. Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1918. . Online version at the Perseus Digital Library
• Pausanias, Graeciae Descriptio. 3 vols. Leipzig, Teubner. 1903. Greek text available at the Perseus Digital Library.
• Quintus Smyrnaeus, Posthomerica, edited and translated by Neil Hopkinson, Loeb Classical Library No. 19, Cambridge, Massachusetts, Harvard University Press, 2018. . Online version at Harvard University Press.

References

1. [[Apollonius of Rhodes. Apollonius Rhodius]], 1.96-97; ''[[Orphic Argonautica. Argonautica Orphica]]'' 144; [[Pausanias (geographer). Pausanias]], 1.1.4; [[Gaius Julius Hyginus. Hyginus]], ''Fabulae'' 14
2. [[Hesiod]]'', [[Shield of Heracles]]'' 180
3. [[Scholia]] ad [[Homer]], ''[[Odyssey]]'' [https://archive.org/details/scholiagraecain07dindgoog/page/236/mode/1up?view=theater 4.797]
4. ''RE'', [https://de.wikisource.org/wiki/RE:Phaleros_2 s.v. Phaleros 2]; [[Quintus Smyrnaeus]], [https://www.loebclassics.com/view/quintus_smyrnaeus-fall_troy/2018/pb_LCL019.429.xml 8.293]

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