Phineus
deity earth Greek corroborated · 2
Phineus is a suitor of Andromeda who is promised to her before Perseus rescues her. He confronts Perseus at the wedding and is turned to stone by the sight of the Gorgon’s head. He serves as an antagonist in the myth.
↻ synthesized from 2 sources
When
- First attested
- 800 BCE
- Attested period
- 8 – 2020
- Historical notes
- Mentioned in Ovid's Metamorphoses (1st century CE).
Relationships
- co occurs with
- sea‑monster, Orithyia, Athena, Poseidon, Nereids, Andromeda, Cepheus, Cassiopeia, Boreas
- consort of
- Cleopatra
Mentioned by
Sources
wikipedia (1)
encyclopedia (1)
- peer reviewed
Source passages
“in spite of Phineus, to whom she had before been promised. At the wedding a quarrel took place between the rivals, and Phineus was turned to stone”
#44062 · extracted by openai/gpt-oss-120b:free
“Cleopatra (wife of Phineus, king of Thrace)”
#46322 · extracted by openai/gpt-oss-120b:free