In Greek mythology, Phylacus (/ˈfɪləkəs/; Ancient Greek: Φύλακος means "guardian"[1]) was the name of the following figures:
- Phylacus, founder of the city of Phylace, Thessaly.[2] He was the son of Deioneus and Diomede, husband of Clymene[3] (Periclymene), and the father of Iphiclus,[4] Alcimede,[5] Evadne[6] and possibly Clymenus.[7] In some accounts, Phylacus was also called the father of Alcimache who became the mother of Ajax the Lesser to Oileus.[8] His children and grandchildren are sometimes referred to by the patronymic Phylacides.[9] His grandson through Iphiclus was also named Phylacus.[2] In some accounts, his grandsons Protesilaus and Podarces were called his sons by Astyoche.[10]
- Phylacus, a Trojan who was killed by Leitus.[11]
- Phylacus, a hero who had a sanctuary in Delphi. He was one of the four heroes whose ghosts terrified the Gaulish troops that attacked Delphi.[12]
- ^ Graves, Robert (1960). The Greek Myths. Harmondsworth, London, England: Penguin Books. pp. s.v. Melampus. ISBN 978-0143106715.
- ^ a b Eustathius on Homer, p. 323
- ^ Scholia on Apollonius Rhodius, 1.45; on Odyssey 11.326
- ^ Homer, Iliad 2.705
- ^ Hyginus, Fabulae 14: compare "... Alcimede, Clymene's daughter..." vs. "... Iphiclus, son of Phylacus, by Periclymene, daughter of Minyas, from Thessaly, Jason's maternal uncle"
- ^ Hyginus, Fabulae 243
- ^ Apollodorus, 1.9.4 & 12
- ^ Scholia on Homer, Iliad 15.333 & 336
- ^ Homer, Odyssey 15. 231; Apollonius Rhodius, 1.47; Propertius, Elegies 1.19
- ^ Eustathius on Homer, Iliad 323 & 41
- ^ Homer, Iliad 16.181
- ^ Pausanias, 10.8.7 & 10.23.2