Phorcus

Phorcus, i (also Phorcys, yos, and Phorcyn, ȳnos, acc. to Prisc. p. 690 P., but acc. to Serv., Verg. A. 5, 240, these forms are not used in Lat.), m., = Φόρκος, Φόρκυς, and Φόρκυν,

• son of Neptune, father of Medusa and the other Gorgons, and of the Graeae, who was changed after death into a sea-god, Cic. Univ. 11, 35: Phorci chorus, Verg. A. 5, 240; or, Phorci exercitus, i.e. sea-gods, id. ib. 5, 824: pater Phorcys, Val. Fl. 3, 726; Luc. 9, 645.—Hence,
• • A Phorcys, ydos (Phorcis, ĭdis), f., a female descendant of Phorcus: ora Phorcydos, i.e. of Medusa, Prop. 3, 21 (4, 22), 8: geminas habitasse sorores Phorcydas unius partitas luminis usum, i.e. the Graeae, Ov. M. 4, 773.—
  • B Phorcȳnis, ĭdos and ĭdis, f., the daughter of Phorcus, i.e. Medu- sa, Ov. M. 5, 230; Luc. 9, 626.

Phorcus, ī, m. (Φόρκος) u. Phorcys, yis, m. (Φόρκυς) u. Phorcȳn, ȳnis, m. (Φόρκυν), Sohn des Neptun, Vater der Medusa u. ihrer Schwestern, nach seinem Tode zum Meergott erhoben, Form Phorcus, Hyg. fab. praef. p. 4 u. 7 M. Lucan. 9, 645. Val Flacc. 3, 727: Phorci chorus, Meergottheiten, Plin. 36, 26. Verg. Aen. 5, 240: dass. Phorci exercitus, Verg. Aen. 5, 824. – die Formen Phorcys u. Phorcyn nur angef. bei Prisc. 6, 28 sq. u. 6, 92 (nach Serv. Verg. Aen. 5, 240 im Lateinischen ungebräuchlich). – Dav.: A) (v. Phorcus) Phorcis (nicht Phorcys), idos, Akk. Plur. idas, f., Tochter des Phorkus, ora Phorcidos, der Medusa, Prop.: aber sorores Phorcides = Graeae, Ov.: Abl. Plur. Phorcisi, Hyg. astr. 2, 12 (wo noch Muncker Phorcys). – B) (v. Phorcyn) Phorcȳnis, idos, Akk. ida, f., Tochter des Phorkus, Ph. Medusa, Ov. met. 4, 743. Lucan. 9, 626: u. so bl. Ph., die Medusa = das Medusenhaupt, Ov. met. 5, 230.

Phorcus, (14) ī, m. (Φόρκος et Φόρκυς), Phorcus ou Phorcys [fils de Neptune, père des Gorgones, changé en un dieu marin] : Hyg. Fab. præf. 4 ; Virg. En. 5, 240 ; Plin. 36, 26 || formes -cys, yis et -cyn, ynis dʼaprès Prisc. Gramm. 6, 28 ; 6, 92.

phorcus, i. m.
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Phorcus , Phorcys

or Phorcyn (Φόρκος, Φόρκυς, Φόρκυν. * The forn Φόρκος occurs chiefly in poetry ; Φόρκυς is the common name, and φόρκυν, υνος, is fond only in late writers. (Eustath, ad Hom, pp. 364, 1108.).

1. According to the Homeric poems, an old man ruling over the sea, or "the old man of the sea," to whom a harbour in Ithaca was dedicated. He is described as the father of the nymph Thoosa (Od. 1.71, 13.96, 345). Later writers call him a son of Pontus and Ge, and a brother of Thaumas, Nereus, Eurybia, and Ceto (Hes. Th. 237; Apollod. 1.2.6). By his sister Ceto he became the father of the Graeae and Gorgones (Hes. Th. 270, &c.), the Hesperian dragon (ibid. 333, &c.), and the Hesperides (Schol. ad Apollon. Rhod. 4.1399); and by Hecate or Cratais, he was the father of Scylla. (Schol. ad Apollon. Rhod. 4.828; Eustath. ad Hom. p. 1714; Tzetz. ad Lycoph. 45.) Servius (Serv. ad Aen. 5.824) calls him a son of Neptune and Thoosa. (Comp. Muncker, ad Hygin. Fab. praef. p. 4.)

Phorcus , Phorcys

2. A son of Phaenops, commander of the Phrygians of Ascania, assisted Priam in the Trojan war, but was slain by Ajax. (Hom. Il. 2.862, 17.218, 312, &c.; Paus. 10.26.2.) [L.S]

Phorcus Phorcus, son of Sea(Pontus) and Earth

• Apollod. 1.2.2
• father of the Phorcids (Phorcides) and Gorgons by Ceto: Apollod. 1.2.6, Apollod. 2.4.1
• father of Medusa: Paus. 2.21.5
• father of Scylla: Apollod. E.7.19