Strophius

Greek · mortal · trojan war · mortal

Mortal king of Phocis, husband of Anaxibia (sister of Agamemnon) and father of Pylades. Foster-father of the exiled Orestes, whom he reared beside his own son — the household in which the Orestes-Pylades bond was formed. His father is given variously as Crisus son of Phocus (not registered).

Children

Pylades

Domains

kingship
hospitality

Relations

spouse: Anaxibia
father of: Pylades

Sources

Aeschylus Agamemnon 877-886; Sophocles Electra 11-14, 1110-1112; Euripides Orestes 33-34, 764-765; Pausanias 2.29.4; Apollodorus Epitome 6.24
schol. Eur. Or. 33 (son of Crisus son of Phocus); Paus. 2.29.4 — parentage given variously

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