Phorcys
Phorcys
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<catset>Category="Greek gods"</catset><catset>Category="People who fought in the Trojan War"</catset><catset>Category="Sea and river gods"</catset><right><p><table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 style="margin: 0 0 1em 1em; border: 1px solid #aaaaaa; background: ivory;"><tr><th align=center colspan=2 style="padding: 0 5px 0 5px; background:darkseagreen"><a href="Greek mythology">Greek deities</a>series</th></tr><tr><td align=center colspan=2 style="font-size: 90%; padding: 2px 5px 0 5px;"><a href="Greek primordial gods">Primordial deities</a></td></tr><tr><td align=center colspan=2 style="font-size: 90%; padding: 0 5px 0 5px;"><a href="Titan (mythology)">Titans</a> and <a href="Twelve Olympians">Olympians</a></td></tr><tr><td align=center colspan=2 style="font-size: 90%; padding: 0 5px 0 5px;"><a href="Chthonic">Chthonic deities</a></td></tr><tr><td align=center colspan=2 style="font-size: 90%; padding: 0 5px 0 5px;"><a href="Muse (disambiguation)">Personified concepts</a></td></tr><tr><td align=center colspan=2 style="font-size: 90%; padding: 0 5px 0 5px;"><a href="Asclepius">Other deities</a></td></tr><tr><td align=center colspan=2 style="padding: 1px 1px 2px 5px; background:#b1cbb1"><b><a href="Greek sea gods">Aquatic deities</a></b></td></tr><tr><td valign=top style="font-size: 90%; padding: 2px 5px 0 5px;"><ul><li><a href="Poseidon">Poseidon</a><li><a href="Oceanus">Oceanus</a><li><a href="Ceto">Ceto</a><li><a href="Nereus">Nereus</a><li><a href="Glaucus">Glaucus</a><li><a href="Thetis">Thetis</a><li><a href="Amphitrite">Amphitrite</a><li><a href="Tethys (mythology)">Tethys</a></ul></td><td valign=top style="font-size: 90%; padding: 0 5px 0 5px;"><ul><li><a href="Triton (mythology)">Triton</a><li><a href="Proteus">Proteus</a><li>Phorcys<li><a href="Pontus (mythology)">Pontus</a><li><a href="Oceanid">Oceanids</a><li><a href="Nereids">Nereids</a><li><a href="Naiad">Naiads</a></ul></td></tr></table><p></right> In <a href="Greek mythology">Greek mythology</a>, <b>Phorcys</b>, or <b>Phorkys</b> was a primeval sea <a href="Gates of Discord">god</a>, son of <a href="Pontus (mythology)">Pontus</a> and <a href="Gaia (mythology)">Gaia</a>. His wife was <a href="Ceto">Ceto</a> and together they had many children, all hideous monsters (except for the <a href="Hesperides">Hesperides</a>) collectively known as the <a href="Phorcydes">Phorcydes</a>.<p>Consorts/Children <ol> <li> <a href="Ceto">Ceto</a> <ol> <li> <a href="Echidna (mythology)">Echidna</a> <li> <a href="Gorgon">Gorgons</a> <ol> <li> <a href="Euryale">Euryale</a> <li> <a href="Medusa">Medusa</a> <li> <a href="Stheno">Sthenno</a> </ol> <li> <a href="Graeae">Graeae</a> <ol> <li> <a href="Graeae">Deino</a> <li> <a href="Enyo">Enyo</a> <li> <a href="Graeae">Pemphredo</a> </ol> <li> <a href="Hesperides">Hesperides</a> <ol> <li> <a href="Aegle">Aegle</a> <li> <a href="Arethusa">Arethusa</a> <li> <a href="Hesperides">Erytheia</a> <li> <a href="Hesperia">Hesperia</a> </ol> <li> <a href="Ladon">Ladon</a> <li> <a href="Scylla">Scylla</a> <li> <a href="Siren">Sirens</a> <li> <a href="Thoosa">Thoosa</a> </ol> </ol> <hr style="height: 1px; color: #aaaaaa; background-color: #aaaaaa; border: 0; margin: 0.2em 0 0.2em 0;">Also in <a href="Greek mythology">Greek mythology</a>, <b>Phorcys</b> was the name of a Phrygian leader during the <a href="Trojan War">Trojan War</a>. <a href="Telamonian Aias">Ajax</a> killed him.