In Greek mythology, Phalerus (/fəˈliːrəs/; Ancient Greek: Φάληρος) or Phalereus (Φαληρεὺς) may refer to the following characters:
- Phalerus, one of the Argonauts and son of Alcon from Athens.[1]
- Phalerus or Phalereus, one of the Lapiths who attended the wedding of Pirithous and Hippodamia, and fought against the centaurs during the celebrated Centauromachy.[2]
- Phalereus, the Spartan son of Icarius and Asterodia, daughter of Eurypylus. He was the brother of Amasichus, Thoon, Pheremmelias, Perilaos, Penelope and Laodamia (also called Mede or Hypsipyle).[3]
- Phalerus, a Trojan warrior who was killed by Neoptolemus.[4]
- ^ Apollonius Rhodius, 1.96-97; Argonautica Orphica 144; Pausanias, 1.1.4; Hyginus, Fabulae 14
- ^ Hesiod, Shield of Heracles 180
- ^ Scholia ad Homer, Odyssey 4.797
- ^ RE, s.v. Phaleros 2; Quintus Smyrnaeus, 8.293