Phineus

Phīnēius, a, um: adj. (Phīneus), pertaining to Phineus, king of Salmydessus, who was smitten by the gods with blindness and tormented by the Harpies, for putting out the eyes of his sons, 3.212.

Phīneus, ĕi and ĕos (Gr. acc. plur. Phineas, Mart. 9, 26, 10), m., = Φινεύς.

• I King of Salmydessus, in Thrace. He possessed the gift of prophecy, but was struck with blindness for having deprived his sons of sight, upon a false accusation made against them by Idaea, their step-mother, Ov. M. 7, 3; Val. Fl. 4, 425; Hyg. Fab. 19; Serv. Verg. A. 3, 209; Ov. A. A. 1, 339; id. R. Am. 355.—
• • • 2 Transf., a blind man, Mart. 9, 26, 10.—Hence,
  • B Phīnēï-us and Phīnēus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to Phineus, Phinean: Phineïa domus, Verg. A. 3, 212: guttur, Ov. F. 6, 131: Phineum venenum, Petr. 136: aves, the Harpies, Sen. Thyest. 154.—
  • • 2 Phīnī-des, ae, m., a male descendant of Phineus, Ov. Ib. 273.—
• II Brother of Cepheus, who fought with Perseus about Andromeda, and was changed by him into a stone, Ov. M. 5, 8.

Phīne͡us, eī u. eos, m. (Φινεύς), I) König zu Salmydessos in Thrazien, mit der Gabe der Weissagung versehen. Weil er seine beiden Söhne auf die Verleumdung ihrer Stiefmutter Idäa hin blenden ließ, wurde er von den Göttern mit Blindheit gestraft und von den Harpyien geplagt, die, sooft er sich zum Essen setzte, herbeieilten, den größten Teil der Speisen raubten und den Tisch, sowie den Rest der Speisen mit ihrem Kote besudelten. Nachdem Ph. die Argonauten gastfreundlich aufgenommen hatte, ließ Jason durch Calaïs und Zethus jene Raubvögel verjagen, Ov. met. 7, 3 sqq. Ov. art. am. 1, 339 (Vok. Phineu). – Plur. Phinei appell., Leute wie Phineus = Blinde, Mart. 9, 25, 10 (wo griech. Akk. Plur. Phineas). – Dav.: A) Phīnēius u. Phīnēus, a, um, phinëisch, des Phineus, Phinëia domus, Verg.: Phinëiae dapes, Apul.: Phineā manu, Ov. – B) Phīnīdēs, ae, m. (Φινείδης), der Phinide (männliche Nachkomme des Phineus), Ov. Ib. 269. – II) Bruder des Cepheus, der als Freier der Andromeda mit Perseus in Streit geriet, Ov. met. 5, 8 sqq.

Phīneūs, (13) ĕī ou ĕos, m. (Φινεύς), Phinée ¶ 1 roi dʼArcadie ou de Thrace, que les dieux rendirent aveugle : Ov. M. 7, 3 || [par ext. au pl.] des aveugles : Mart. 9, 25, 10 ¶ 2 frère de Céphée, qui fut pétrifié par Persée : Ov. M. 5, 8 || -nēĭus et -nēus a, um, de Phinée : Virg. En. 3, 212 ; Ov. M. 5, 109.

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Phineus

(Φινεύς). (1) Son of Belus and Anchinoë, and brother of Cepheus. He was slain by Perseus. For details see Andromeda and Perseus.

(2) Son of Agenor, and king of Salmydessus in Thrace. He was first married to Cleopatra , the daughter of Boreas and Orithyia, by whom he had two children, Oryithus (Oarthus) and Crambis; but their names are different in the different legends: Ovid calls them Polydectus and Polydorus. Afterwards he was married to Idaea (some call her Dia, Eurytia, or Idothea), by whom he again had two sons, Thynus and Mariandynus.

Phineus was a blind soothsayer, who had received his prophetic powers from Apollo; but the cause of his blindness is not the same in all accounts. He is most celebrated on account of his being tormented by the Harpies, who were sent by the gods to punish him on account of his cruelty towards his sons by the first marriage. His second wife falsely accused them of having made an attempt upon her virtue, whereupon Phineus put out their eyes, or, according to others, exposed them to be devoured by wild beasts, or ordered them to be half buried in the earth, and then to be scourged. Therefore the gods struck him with blindness and sent the Harpies to torment him. Whenever a meal was placed before Phineus, the Harpies darted down from the air and carried it off; later writers add that they either devoured the food themselves or rendered it unfit to be eaten. When the Argonauts visited Thrace, Phineus promised to instruct them respecting their voyage, if they would deliver him from the monsters. This was done by Zetes and Calaïs, the sons of Boreas, and brothers of Cleopatra (Apollon. ii. 284). Phineus now explained to the Argonauts the further course they had to take, and especially cautioned them against the Symplegades. According to another story the Argonauts, on their arrival at Thrace, found the sons of Phineus half buried, and demanded their liberation, which Phineus refused. A battle thereupon ensued, in which Phineus was slain by Heracles. The latter also delivered Cleopatra from her confinement, and restored the kingdom to the sons of Phineus; and on their advice he also sent the second wife of Phineus back to her father, who ordered her to be put to death. Some traditions, lastly, state that Phineus was killed by Boreas, or that he was carried off by the Harpies into the country of the Bistones or Milchessians. Those accounts in which Phineus is stated to have put out the eyes of his sons add that they had their sight restored to them by the sons of Boreas, or by Asclepius.

Phineus Phineus, a blind seer

• Apollod. 1.9.19, Apollod. 1.9.21
• son of Poseidon or Agenor: Apollod. 1.9.21
• tormented by the Harpies, deliverd by the Argonauts: Apollod. 1.9.21
• rid of Harpies by Calais and Zetes, the sons of Boreas: Paus. 3.18.15, Paus. 5.17.11
• reveals to the Argonauts the course of their voyage: Apollod. 1.9.21
• misled by his second wife Idaea, he blinds Plexippus and Pandion, the sons of his first wife Cleopatra: Apollod. 3.15.2
• punished by the Argonauts: Apollod. 3.15.2

Phineus(2), son of Belus

• brother of Cepheus: Apollod. 2.1.4
• plots against Perseus, but is turned to stone: Apollod. 2.4.3

Phineus(3), son of Lycaon

• Apollod. 3.7.7