Mermeros and Pheres

In Greek mythology, Mermeros and Pheres were the sons of Jason and Medea. They were killed either by the Corinthians[1][2] or by Medea,[3][4][5][6] for reasons that vary depending on the rendition (see Medea). In one account, Mermerus was killed by a lioness while hunting.[7]

Namesakes

There were other characters in Greek mythology that bore the names Mermerus and Pheres:

References

  1. Pausanias, Description of Greece, 2. 3. 6
  2. Scholia on Euripides' Medea, 10
  3. Euripides, Medea
  4. Hyginus, Fabulae, 25
  5. Diodorus Siculus, Library of History, 4. 54. 7
  6. Pseudo-Apollodorus, Bibliotheca 1. 9. 28 cites both versions
  7. Naupactica, cited in Pausanias, Description of Greece, 2. 3. 9
  8. Quintus Smyrnaeus, Fall of Troy, 6. 662
  9. Virgil, Aeneid, 10. 413
  10. Statius, Thebaid, 9. 106
  11. Bibliotheca 1. 8. 1
  12. Antoninus Liberalis, Metamorphoses, 2
  13. Homer, Odyssey, 1. 260
  14. Ovid, Metamorphoses, 12. 305
  15. Homer, Iliad, 14. 513


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