Phegeus (Aeneid)
Phegeus ( Greek Φηγεύς ) is a figure in Roman mythology .
Phegeus, according to Virgil, was a Trojan who moved to Italy with Aeneas . Here he was thrown from the chariot and killed by the advancing Turnus , King of the Rutuls , in battle, although he had been a brave warrior and Turnus had dared to oppose it.
literature
- Reinhold von Lichtenberg : Phegeus 4 . In: Wilhelm Heinrich Roscher (Hrsg.): Detailed lexicon of Greek and Roman mythology . Volume 3.2, Leipzig 1909, column 2290 ( digitized version ).
- Phegeus 3) . In: Vollmer (Hrsg.): Dictionary of Mythology . Stuttgart 1874, p. 378.
Remarks
- ↑ Virgil, Aeneid 12, 371-382.