Phokos (son of Aiakos)

Phokos ( old Greek: Φῶκος) is a figure in Greek mythology . He is the son of Aiakos and Psamathe ; his wife Asteria bore him the twins Krisos and Panopeus .

He was murdered out of jealousy by his brothers Telamon and Peleus , whereupon Psamathe, in revenge, set a terrible wolf on Peleus' herds. Only after Thetis , the wife of Peleus, pleaded with Psamathe, did she stop the killing and petrify the wolf.

literature

• Ovid , Metamorphoses XI, 346-409
• Ludwig Less : Phokos 1b) . In: Wilhelm Heinrich Roscher (Hrsg.): Detailed lexicon of Greek and Roman mythology . Volume 3.2, Leipzig 1909, Col. 2412-2416 ( digitized version ).