Mermerus 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, son of Cretheus and Tyro
- Pheres, a Cretan killed by Aeneas in the Trojan War[8]
- Pheres, who fought under Aeneas and was killed by Halaesus[9]
- Pheres, a defender of Thebes[10]
- Pheres, also knowh as Phereus or Thyreus, one of the children of Oeneus and Althaea[11][12]
- Mermerus, father of Erythea and Ilus, who played host to Odysseus in a tale recounted in The Odyssey[13]
- Mermerus, a Centaur[14]
- 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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