Phylacus

In Greek mythology, Phylacus (/ˈfɪləkəs/; Ancient Greek: Φύλακος means "guardian"^[1]) was the name of the following figures:

• Phylacus, founder of the city of Phylace, Thessaly.^[2] He was the son of Deioneus and Diomede, husband of Clymene^[3] (Periclymene), and the father of Iphiclus,^[4] Alcimede,^[5] Evadne^[6] and possibly Clymenus.^[7] In some accounts, Phylacus was also called the father of Alcimache who became the mother of Ajax the Lesser to Oileus.^[8] His children and grandchildren are sometimes referred to by the patronymic Phylacides.^[9] His grandson through Iphiclus was also named Phylacus.^[2] In some accounts, his grandsons Protesilaus and Podarces were called his sons by Astyoche.^[10]
• Phylacus, a Trojan who was killed by Leitus.^[11]
• Phylacus, a hero who had a sanctuary in Delphi. He was one of the four heroes whose ghosts terrified the Gaulish troops that attacked Delphi.^[12]

Notes

1. Graves, Robert (1960). The Greek Myths. Harmondsworth, London, England: Penguin Books. pp. s.v. Melampus. ISBN 978-0143106715.
2. Eustathius on Homer, p. 323
3. Scholia on Apollonius Rhodius, 1.45; on Odyssey 11.326
4. Homer, Iliad 2.705
5. Hyginus, Fabulae 14: compare "... Alcimede, Clymene's daughter..." vs. "... Iphiclus, son of Phylacus, by Periclymene, daughter of Minyas, from Thessaly, Jason's maternal uncle"
6. Hyginus, Fabulae 243
7. Apollodorus, 1.9.4 & 12
8. Scholia on Homer, Iliad 15.333 & 336
9. Homer, Odyssey 15. 231; Apollonius Rhodius, 1.47; Propertius, Elegies 1.19
10. Eustathius on Homer, Iliad 323 & 41
11. Homer, Iliad 16.181
12. Pausanias, 10.8.7 & 10.23.2

References

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• 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.
• 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.
• Homer, The Odyssey with an English Translation by A.T. Murray, PH.D. in two volumes. Cambridge, MA., Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann, Ltd. 1919. Online version at the Perseus Digital Library. Greek text available from the same website.
• 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. ISBN 0-674-99328-4. Online version at the Perseus Digital Library
• Pausanias, Graeciae Descriptio. 3 vols. Leipzig, Teubner. 1903. Greek text available at the Perseus Digital Library.
• Sextus Propertius, Elegies from Charm. Vincent Katz. trans. Los Angeles. Sun & Moon Press. 1995. Online version at the Perseus Digital Library. Latin text available at the same website.