Phineus
Greek · mortal · heroic age · Recorded classification
Mortal Thracian king and seer, husband of Cleopatra Boread (greek_cleopatra_boread, whose prose names 'Married to Phineus, the Thracian king and seer'). Authored as the named-but-absent spouse. His second wife Idaea daughter of Dardanus and his blinded sons Plexippus and Pandion are named in the tradition but lack corpus entries, so they are described rather than wired.
Domains
- prophecy
- kingship
Powers
- Prophetic sight
Epithets
- Φινεὺς ὁ μάντις — Phineus the seerApollon. Rhod. 2.178-193 (primary)
Relations
- spouse: CleopatraFirst wife; mother of the blinded sons.Apollod. 3.15.3; Soph. Antigone 966-987 (primary)
- enemy: CalaisThe Boread brother-in-law who, with Zetes, delivered Phineus from the Harpies but stood against his maltreatment of Cleopatra.Apollon. Rhod. 2.273-300 (the Boread brothers drive off the Harpies tormenting Phineus and confront him over his treatment of their sister Cleopatra) (primary)
- enemy: ZetesBoread brother-in-law; with Calais drove off the Harpies and opposed Phineus's treatment of their sister.Apollon. Rhod. 2.273-300 (primary)
Sources
- existence: Apollodorus 1.9.21, 3.15.3; Apollonius Rhodius Argonautica 2.178-407; Sophocles Antigone 966-987; Hesiod Catalogue fr. 138 (primary)
- marriage-to-Cleopatra-the-Boread: Apollodorus 3.15.3; Sophocles Antigone 966-987 (primary)