Periphas

Periphas (Ancient Greek: Περίφας, genitive: -αντος) in Greek mythology may refer to:
*Periphas, one of the sons of Aegyptus. He married (and was killed by) Actaea, daughter of Danaus.Pseudo-Apollodorus, Bibliotheca 2. 1. § 5
*Periphas, a son of Oeneus.Antoninus Liberalis, Metamorphoses, 2
*Periphas, a son of Lapithes in Thessaly. He consorted with Astyagyia, daughter of Hypseus, and had by her eight sons, of whom the eldest, Antion, was a possible father of Ixion with Perimela.Diodorus Siculus, Library of History, 4. 69. 2 - 3
*Periphas, one of the Lapiths at the wedding of Pirithous and Hippodamia.Ovid, Metamorphoses 12. 449 May or may not be identical with the above son of Lapithes.
*Periphas, an Attica autochthon, previous to the time of Cecrops I, was a priest of Apollo, and on account of his virtues he was made king; but as he was honoured to the same extent as Zeus, the latter wished to destroy him. At the request of Apollo, however, Zeus metamorphosed him into an eagle, and his wife Phene likewise into a bird.Antoninus Liberalis, Metamorphoses 6Ovid, Metamorphoses 7. 400
*Periphas, son of the Aetolian Ochesius, fell by the hand of Ares in the Trojan War.Homer, Iliad, 5. 842
*Periphas, a son of Epytus, and a herald of Aeneas.Homer, Iliad, 17. 323
*Periphas, a companion of Neoptolemus who took part in the destruction of Troy.Virgil, Aeneid 2. 476
*Periphas, same as Hyperphas.Scholia on Euripides, Phoenician Women, 63
*Periphas, one of the suitors of Penelope.Pseudo-Apollodorus, Bibliotheca, Epitome of Book 4, 7. 29
*Periphas, one of the five sons of Arrhetus who fought against Dionysus in the Indian War.Nonnus, Dionysiaca, 26. 257
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