Phegeus of Psophis
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Ancient Greek: Φηγέως) was the king of Psophis in Arcadia who purified Alcmaeon after the murder of his own mother, Eriphyle. The town of Phegeia, which had before been called Erymanthus, was believed to have derived its name from him. Subsequently, however, it was changed again into Psophis.[1]
Family
Phegeus was the son of river-god
Agenor.[4]
Mythology
When
Agenor or Temenus and Axion, following their father's orders, waited for Alcmaeon in an ambush and killed him. According to Hyginus, Phegeus himself killed his own son-in-law[5] and also his granddaughter, the daughter of Alphesiboea.[6]
When Callirrhoe learned that she was a widow she requested of Zeus that the sons she had by Alcmaeon might be full-grown in order to avenge their father's murder. And Zeus, who at the time courted her, granted her wish. So when Pronous and Agenor, carrying the robe and necklace (which they intended to dedicate at Delphi), arrived at the house of Agapenor they met the suddenly grown-up children of Alcmaeon and Callirrhoe, Amphoterus and Acarnan, who happened to arrive at the same time. The sons of Alcmaeon killed on the spot their father's murderers and afterwards going to Psophis they slew both Phegeus and his wife in their palace.[4]