Buphagus
Family: Pheneus · Role: native of Pheneus · First appears: Book 8 · Chapter 14
At Pheneus, Buphagus and his wife Promne cared for the wounded Iphicles, who had been brought there after fighting Augeas and the people of Elis; when Iphicles died of his wound, they buried him.
Later, Buphagus is described as the son of Iapetus and Thornax. Tradition says Artemis slew him with an arrow at Mount Pholoe because he attempted her chastity.
Relationship record
Life events
- Iphicles was wounded fighting Augeas, taken to Pheneus, and buried after dying.(Book 8 · Chapter 14 · 📍 Pheneus)
- With: Iphicles Hercules Augeas Promne
- “And Iphicles the father of Iolaus, when Hercules fought his first battle against Augeas and the people of Elis, was wounded by the sons of Actor who were called Molinidæ from their mother Moline, and his relations conveyed him to Pheneus in a very bad condition, and there Buphagus (a native of Pheneus) and his wife Promne took care of him, and buried him as he died of his wound.”
Book 8 · Chapter 14
- married with Promne “there Buphagus (a native of Pheneus) and his wife Promne took care of him”
- with Iphicles (Buphagus cared for the wounded Iphicles.) “there Buphagus (a native of Pheneus) and his wife Promne took care of him”
Book 8 · Chapter 27
- parent: Iapetus “named they say after the hero Buphagus, the son of Iapetus and Thornax.”
- parent: Thornax “named they say after the hero Buphagus, the son of Iapetus and Thornax.”
- enemies with Artemis “they have a tradition that Artemis slew Buphagus with an arrow at the mountain Pholoe because he attempted her chastity.”
- with Artemis (Artemis killed Buphagus.) “And they have a tradition that Artemis slew Buphagus with an arrow at the mountain Pholoe because he attempted her chastity.”
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Extracted from the original text of Pausanias' Description of Greece. Made with Rho MD.