Mermeros and Pheres
In Greek mythology, Mermeros and Pheres were the sons of Jason and Medea. They were killed either by the Corinthians[1][2] or by Medea,[3][4][5][6] for reasons that vary depending on the rendition (see Medea). In one account, Mermerus was killed by a lioness while hunting.[7]
Namesakes
There were other characters in Greek mythology that bore the names Mermerus and Pheres:
- Pheres, a Cretan killed by Aeneas in the Trojan War[8]
- Mermerus, father of Erythea and Ilus, who played host to Odysseus in a tale recounted in The Odyssey[13]
- Mermerus, a Trojan who was killed in a battle during the Trojan War. His armor was then stripped off his body by Antilochus.[15]
References
- ↑ Pausanias, Description of Greece, 2. 3. 6
- ↑ Scholia on Euripides' Medea, 10
- ↑ Euripides, Medea
- ↑ Hyginus, Fabulae, 25
- ↑ Diodorus Siculus, Library of History, 4. 54. 7
- ↑ Pseudo-Apollodorus, Bibliotheca 1. 9. 28 cites both versions
- ↑ Naupactica, cited in Pausanias, Description of Greece, 2. 3. 9
- ↑ Quintus Smyrnaeus, Fall of Troy, 6. 662
- ↑ Virgil, Aeneid, 10. 413
- ↑ Statius, Thebaid, 9. 106
- ↑ Bibliotheca 1. 8. 1
- ↑ Antoninus Liberalis, Metamorphoses, 2
- ↑ Homer, Odyssey, 1. 260
- ↑ Ovid, Metamorphoses, 12. 305
- ↑ Homer, Iliad, 14. 513
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