Pherenicus
Appearance
Pherenicus (Greek: Φερένικος) was an epic poet from Heraclea Pontica.[citation needed] He treated of Metamorphoses and similar fabulous tales. Athenaeus gives a statement from him respecting the origin of the fig-tree and other trees;[1] and Tzetzes speaks of him as one of those who treated of the monstrous and fabulous forms of men,[2] and quotes from him two lines respecting the Hyperboreans.[3][4]
References
- ^ Athenaeus. "14". Deipnosophistaí Δειπνοσοφισταί [The Deiphnosophists] (in Greek). Vol. III. p. 78b.
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: missing prefix (help) - ^ Tzetzes. "144: Περι του και ει τι τουτων ψευδεπινουστερον". Chiliades (in Greek). Vol. VII.
- ^ comp. Schol. ad Pind. Ol. iii. 28.
- ^ Smith, William, ed. (1870). "Pherenicus". Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology. Vol. 3. Boston: Little, Brown, and Company. p. 259.