Phorbas

In Greek mythology, Phorbas (/ˈfɔːrbəs/; Ancient Greek: Φόρβας Phórbās, gen. Φόρβαντος Phórbantos means "giving pasture"), or Phorbaceus /fɔːrˈbˌʃ(j)s/, may refer to:

The child Œdipus brought back to life by the shepherd Phorbas, who took him off the tree. Sculpture by Charles Dupaty.

Notes

  1. Apollodorus, 2.5.5
  2. Diodorus Siculus, 5.58.5
  3. "Arestor", Wikipedia, 2022-12-27, retrieved 2023-05-07
  4. Seneca the Younger, Oedipus 840 ff.
  5. Statius, Thebaid 7.253
  6. Pausanias, 6.19.13
  7. Homer, Iliad 9.665
  8. Dictys Cretensis, 2.16
  9. Homer, Iliad 14.489 ff.
  10. Virgil, Aeneid 5.842
  11. Ovid, Metamorphoses 5.74
  12. Suda, s.v. Phorbanteion
  13. Eustathius on Homer, p. 1156
  14. Scholia on Homer, Iliad 18.483 ff.
  15. Scholia on Euripides, Phoenician Women 854
  16. Nonnus, 14.94 ff.
  17. Stephanus of Byzantium, s.v. Ambrakia, Dexamenai
  18. Ptolemy Hephaestion, New History 1
  19. Hesychius of Alexandria, s.v. Phorbas
  20. Plutarch, Romulus 2.2

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