Phorcys

Family: Medusa · Role: father of Medusa · First appears: Fable 47

Fable 47

• child: Medusa “The descendant of Abas tells them that there is a spot situate beneath cold Atlas, safe in its bulwark of a solid mass; that, in the entrance of this, dwelt the two sisters, the daughters of Phorcys, who shared the use of a single eye;”
• child: Sthenyo “that, in the entrance of this, dwelt the two sisters, the daughters of Phorcys”
• child: Euryale “that, in the entrance of this, dwelt the two sisters, the daughters of Phorcys”

Fable 48

• child: Medusa “Moreover, I will give thee a monument to last forever, and in the house of my father-in-law thou shalt always be seen, that my wife may comfort herself with the form of her betrothed.” {Thus} he said, and he turned the daughter of Phorcys to that side, towards which Phineus had turned himself with trembling face.”

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Extracted from the original text of The Metamorphoses of Ovid. Made with Rho MD.