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Phorcys

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Read-only identity and editorial metadata.

Canonical name
Phorcys
Disambiguator
None
Kind
Character
Scope
Individual
Editorial note
No editorial note published.

Aliases

2

sea-king Phorcys

Title · Reported

old merman Phorcys

Title · Direct

Location presence

Phase 6 currently covers 24 processed books.

0

No presence observations in the processed scope.

Claims

2
·Reported

Phorcys is a sea-king and the father of the nymph Thoosa.

See evidence text
“daughter to the sea-king Phorcys”
·Direct

Phorcys is described as an old merman whose haven lies in Ithaca.

See evidence text
“haven of the old merman Phorcys”

Additional evidence

Evidence records not already represented by a claim.

3
·Reported
“the sea-king Phorcys”
·Direct
“old merman Phorcys”
·Reported
“old merman Phorcys”

Passage preview

Book 1 · Passage 6

And Jove said, ‘My child, what are you talking about? How can I forget Ulysses than whom there is no more capable man on earth, nor more liberal in his offerings to the immortal gods that live in heaven? Bear in mind, however, that Neptune is still furious with Ulysses for having blinded an eye of Polyphemus king of the Cyclopes. Polyphemus is son to Neptune by the nymph Thoosa, daughter to the sea-king Phorcys; therefore though he will not kill Ulysses outright, he torments him by preventing him from getting home. Still, let us lay our heads together and see how we can help him to return; Neptune will then be pacified, for if we are all of a mind he can hardly stand out against us.’