Phorbas
Family: Trojan · Role: man · First appears: Book 2 · Chapter 3
In Book 2, Chapter 3, Phorbas is described as a Trojan whom Hermes loved most and whose substance he increased; he is also identified as the son of Hermes’s favored Trojan in the account of a suitor. In Book 2, Chapter 16, Phorbas is named as the father of Triopas.
In Book 5, Chapter 1, Actor is identified as the son of Phorbas, the son of Lapithus. In Book 7, Chapter 26, the Argive tradition makes Pellen the son of Phorbas and grandson of Triopas.
Relationship record
Book 2 · Chapter 3
- with Hermes (Hermes loved Phorbas and increased his wealth.) “whom Hermes loved most of the Trojans, and increased his substance”
- admirer: Hermes “The son of Phorbas rich in flocks and herds, whom Hermes loved most of the Trojans, and increased his substance.”
Book 2 · Chapter 16
Book 4 · Chapter 1
- child: Triopas (Phorbas is the father of Triopas.) “the daughter of Triopas, the son of Phorbas.”
Book 5 · Chapter 1
- child: Actor “The father of Actor was Phorbas the son of Lapithus, and his mother was Hyrmina, the daughter of Epeus, and Actor built and called after her the town of Hyrmina in Elis.”
- parent: Lapithus “The father of Actor was Phorbas the son of Lapithus, and his mother was Hyrmina, the daughter of Epeus, and Actor built and called after her the town of Hyrmina in Elis.”
Book 7 · Chapter 26
- child: Pellen “but according to the tradition of the Argives from the Argive Pellen, who was they say the son of Phorbas and grandson of Triopas.”
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Extracted from the original text of Pausanias' Description of Greece. Made with Rho MD.