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Pherecydes or
Pherekedes (Ancient Gr****: Φερεκύδης) was the name of
three ancient Gr**** writers, who may not all be distinct:
Pherecydes of
Syros (fl....
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identity of
Pherecydes was also
unclear in
ancient times because there were two
authors of that name who both
wrote about mythology:
Pherecydes of Syros...
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person as
Pherecydes of Athens. Fowler, p. 1 n. 3; Suda Φ 217. Sweeney, pp. 47–48; Suda Φ 216. Fowler,
Robert L., "The
Authors named Pherecydes", Mnemosyne...
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Pherecydes of
Athens (Ancient Gr****: Φερεκύδης) (fl. c. 465 BC) was a Gr****
mythographer who
wrote an
ancient work in ten books, now lost,
variously titled...
- Preface; Cicero, De
Natura Deorum 3.44. Hyginus, De
astronomia 2.3.1 [=
Pherecydes, fr. 33a (FGrHist, p. 79)].
Diodorus Siculus,
Bibliotheca historica 4...
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taught Pythagoras,
Pherecydes of
Syros is
mentioned most often.
Similar miracle stories were told
about both
Pythagoras and
Pherecydes,
including one in...
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eight species:
Pherecydes carinae Dippenaar-Schoeman, 1980 —
South Africa Pherecydes ionae Dippenaar-Schoeman, 1980 —
Tanzania Pherecydes livens Simon,...
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Eurynome before the two of them were cast down by
Cronus and Rhea.
Pherecydes of Syros's
Heptamychia is the
first attested mention of Ophion. The story...
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Eagle that ate the
liver of Prometheus.
Pherecydes also
names Prometheus' eagle, and adds
Ladon (though
Pherecydes does not use this name), the
dragon that...
- 139; Gantz, p. 13;
Pherecydes fr. 35
Fowler [=
FGrHist 3 fr. 35]; Frazer's note 2 to
Apollodorus 3.10.4. Fowler,
notes that
Pherecydes having Apollo kill—not...
