Aphareus (son of Perieres)

Aphareus ( Greek  Ἀφαρεύς ) is the son of Perieres and Gorgophone in Greek mythology .

He ruled Messenia with his brother Leukippus . After his father's death, Gorgophone married Oibalos , King of Sparta . Aphareus married the couple's daughter, his half-sister Arene , after whom he named a city. With her he had two children: the twins Lynkeus and Idas (apharids).

Aphareus gave his distant nephew Neleus (son of Tire and great-grandson of Aphareus' grandfather Aiolos ) the coast to rule. After the death of his sons he chose him as his successor.

literature

• WH Roscher: Aphareus 1) . In: Wilhelm Heinrich Roscher (Hrsg.): Detailed lexicon of Greek and Roman mythology . Volume 1,1, Leipzig 1886, Col. 388 f. ( Digitized version ).
• Karl Kerényi : The Mythology of the Greeks . Vol. II: The Heroes Stories . dtv, Munich 1984, p. 91. ISBN 3-423-01346-X