PHORBAS

A son of Lapithes and Orsinome, and a brother of Periphas.

The Rhodians, in pursuance of an oracle, are said to have invited him into their island to deliver it from snakes, and afterwards to have honoured him with heroic worship.

According to another tradition, Phorbas went from Thessaly to Olenos, where Alector, king of Elis, made use of his assistance against Pelops, and shared his kingdom with him. Phorbas then gave his daughter Diogeneia in marriage to Alector, and he himself married Hyrmine, a sister of Alector, by whom he became the father of Augeas and Actor.

He is also described as a bold boxer, and to have plundered the temple of Delphi along with the Phlegyes, but to have been defeated by Apollo.

2. A son of Argos or Criasus, was a brother of Peirasus, and married to Euboea, by whom he became the father of Triopas, whence he seems to have been a grandson of No. 1.

3. A son of Criasus and Melantho, a brother of Ereuthalion and Cleoboea, is described as the father of Arestor. (Schol. ad Eurip. Phoen. 1116, Or. 920.)

4. A Lesbian, and father of Diomede, whom Achilles carried off.

5. An Acarnanian, who, together with Eumolpus, went to Eleusis.

6. The father of Ilioneus.

7. A son of Methion of Syene, one of the companions of Phineus. (Ov. Met. v. 74.) [L. S.]