Phegeus

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Set of mythological characters

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In Greek mythology, Phegeus (Ancient Greek: Φηγεύς) was the name of the following characters:

Phegeus, another name for Aegialeus, son of Inachus and the nymph Melia, who received part of the territories of Argos ruled by his father. On the death of his brother, Phoroneus, Phegeus built a temple at the tomb where the former was worshipped as a deity and oxen were sacrificed to him.
Phegeus, king of Psophis.
Phegeus, was one of the Thebans who ambushed Tydeus during the war of the Seven against Thebes. Like others participating in this ambush he was killed by Tydeus.
Phegeus, a defender of Thebes in the war of the Seven against Thebes. He was killed by Agreus.
Phegeus, an Athenian messenger whom Theseus sent to Creon with a threat of war against Thebes, if Creon would not let the bodies of those who had died attacking Thebes in the war of the Seven against Thebes be burned.
Phegeus, son of Dares, priest of Hephaestus at Troy. He was the brother of Idaeus and was killed by Diomedes during the Trojan War.
Phegeus, one of Aeneas' companions in Italy. He was killed by Turnus, the man who opposed Aeneas in Italy.
Phegeus, soldier in the army of Aeneas. He was killed by Turnus, the man who opposed Aeneas in Italy.

Apollodorus, The Library with an English Translation by Sir James George Frazer, F.B.A., F.R.S. in 2 Volumes, Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1921. ISBN 0-674-99135-4. Online version at the Perseus Digital Library. Greek text available from the same website.
Homer, The Iliad with an English Translation by A.T. Murray, Ph.D. in two volumes. Cambridge, MA., Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann, Ltd. 1924. . Online version at the Perseus Digital Library.
Homer, Homeri Opera in five volumes. Oxford, Oxford University Press. 1920. . Greek text available at the Perseus Digital Library.
Publius Papinius Statius, The Thebaid translated by John Henry Mozley. Loeb Classical Library Volumes. Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1928. Online version at the Topos Text Project.
Publius Papinius Statius, The Thebaid. Vol I-II. John Henry Mozley. London: William Heinemann; New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons. 1928. Latin text available at the Perseus Digital Library.
Publius Vergilius Maro, Aeneid. Theodore C. Williams. trans. Boston. Houghton Mifflin Co. 1910. Online version at the Perseus Digital Library.
Publius Vergilius Maro, Bucolics, Aeneid, and Georgics. J. B. Greenough. Boston. Ginn & Co. 1900. Latin text available at the Perseus Digital Library.

[[Augustine of Hippo. Augustine]], ''[[The City of God
[[Scholia]] ad [[Euripides]], ''[[Orestes (play). Aegialeus]] were two different persons— Phegeus being the son of [[Inachus]] and [[Melia (consort of Inachus). Melia]] while Aegialeus, the son of [[Phoroneus]] and [[Peitho]]
[[Bibliotheca (Pseudo-Apollodorus)
[[Statius]], ''[[Thebaid (Latin poem). Thebaid]]'' 2.609
Statius, ''Thebaid'' 7.603 & 8.441
Statius, ''Thebaid'' 12.596
[[Homer]], ''[[Iliad]]'' 5.9 ff.
[[Virgil]], ''[[Aeneid]]'' 5.263 & 9.765
Virgil, ''Aeneid'' 12.371 ff.

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