In Greek mythology, Strophius (/ˈstroʊfiəs/; Ancient Greek: Στρόφιος means "slippery fellow, twister") was the name of the following personages:
- Strophius, son of Crisus, was a King of Phocis, husband of the sister of Agamemnon (whose name was either Anaxibia,[1] Astyocheia[2] or Cydragora[3]) and, by her, father of Pylades and Astydameia. When Orestes was hiding from his murderous mother, Clytemnestra, Strophius hid him.[4] During this time, Orestes and Pylades became great friends.
- Strophius, one of Pylades' sons with Electra, Orestes' sister. Pylades and Electra's other son was Medon.[5]
- Strophius, father of the Trojan Scamandrius, who was killed by Menelaus.[6]
- Strophius, father of Phlogius, a companion of Dionysus in the Indian campaign.[7]
- Strophius, a man in the crew of Menelaus during his return from Troy.[8]
- ^ Pausanias, 2.29.4; Scholia on Euripides, Orestes 765 & 1233
- ^ Hyginus, Fabulae 117
- ^ Scholia on Euripides, Orestes 33
- ^ Aeschylus, Agamemnon 877 - 885; Pindar, Pythian Ode 11.35; Apollodorus, Epitome 6.24
- ^ Pausanias, 2.16.7 with a reference to Hellanicus
- ^ Homer, Iliad 5.49
- ^ Nonnus, 30.108
- ^ Pausanias, 10.25.3