In Greek mythology, Phegeus (Ancient Greek: Φηγεύς) was the name of the following characters:
Phegeus, another name for Aegialeus, son of Inachus and the nymph Melia, who received part of the territories of Argos ruled by his father.Augustine, City of God 18.3Scholia ad Euripides, Orestes 932 recounted that Phegeus and Aegialeus were two different persons— Phegeus being the son of Inachus and Melia while Aegialeus, the son of Phoroneus and Peitho On the death of his brother, Phoroneus, Phegeus built a temple at the tomb where the former was worshipped as a deity and oxen were sacrificed to him. Phegeus, king of Psophis.Apollodorus, 3.7.6 Phegeus, was one of the Thebans who ambushed Tydeus during the war of the Seven against Thebes. Like others participating in this ambush he was killed by Tydeus.Statius, Thebaid 2.609 Phegeus, a defender of Thebes in the war of the Seven against Thebes. He was killed by Agreus.Statius, Thebaid 7.603 & 8.441 Phegeus, an Athenian messenger whom Theseus sent to Creon with a threat of war against Thebes, if Creon would not let the bodies of those who had died attacking Thebes in the war of the Seven against Thebes be burned.Statius, Thebaid 12.596 Phegeus, son of Dares, priest of Hephaestus at Troy. He was the brother of Idaeus and was killed by Diomedes during the Trojan War.Homer, Iliad 5.9 ff. Phegeus, one of Aeneas' companions in Italy. He was killed by Turnus, the man who opposed Aeneas in Italy.Virgil, Aeneid 5.263 & 9.765 Phegeus, soldier in the army of Aeneas. He was killed by Turnus, the man who opposed Aeneas in Italy.Virgil, Aeneid 12.371 ff.
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