Phæstus

Family: human · Role: man associated with Sicyon · First appears: Book 2 · Chapter 6

Phæstus was reputed to be one of the sons of Hercules. When he went to Sicyon, he found that its people offered victims to Hercules as a hero, though Phæstus thought they ought to sacrifice to him as a god. Rhopalus was the father of Hippolytus, and the son of Phæstus.

Relationship record

Book 2 · Chapter 6

• parent: Hercules “Phæstus, who was reputed to be one of the sons of Hercules”
• child: Rhopalus “Hippolytus, the son of Rhopalus, the son of Phæstus”

Book 2 · Chapter 10

• with Hercules (Phæstus advocated sacrificing to Hercules as a god rather than as a hero.) “They say that Phæstus, when he went to Sicyon, found that the people there offered victims to Hercules as a hero, whereas he thought they ought to sacrifice to him as to a god.”

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Extracted from the original text of Pausanias' Description of Greece. Made with Rho MD.