Phoronis (epic)
The Phoronis ( Greek Φορωνίς ) is a fragmentary Greek epic from the 7th or 6th century BC. The author is unknown. The title goes back to Phoroneus , the first human of the Pelasgic , pre-Hellenic human race.
The Phoronis was processed by Akusilaos and perhaps also Hellanikos of Lesbos .
expenditure
- Albert Bernabé (Ed.): Poetarum epicorum Graecorum testimonia et fragmenta. Vol. 1. Teubner, Leipzig 1987, ISBN 3-322-00352-3 , pp. 118-121
literature
- Sotera Fornaro: Phoronis. In: The New Pauly (DNP). Volume 9, Metzler, Stuttgart 2000, ISBN 3-476-01479-7 , Sp. 953.