In Greek mythology, Pheres (Ancient Greek: Φέρης, Phérēs; Latin: Pheres) may refer to the following individuals:
- Pheres, son of Cretheus and Tyro.[1]
- Pheres, son of Jason and Medea.[2]
- Pheres, also known as Phereus[3] or Thyreus,[4] a Calydonian prince as the son of King Oeneus and Althaea,[5] daughter of King Thestius of Pleuron. He was the brother of Deianeira, Meleager, Toxeus, Clymenus, Periphas, Agelaus and Gorge.[4] When the war between the Curetes and the Calydonians broke out, Pheres along with his brothers, including Meleager, all fell during the battle.[3][6]
- Pheres, a Cretan killed by Aeneas in the Trojan War.[7]
- Pheres, a companion of Aeneas in Italy. During the battle between the latter and Turnus, Pheres was killed by Halaesus.[8]
- Pheres, a defender of Thebes[9]
- ^ Apollodorus, 1.9.11 & 14
- ^ Apollodorus, 1.9.28
- ^ a b Antoninus Liberalis, 2 as cited in Nicander's Metamorphoses
- ^ a b Apollodorus, 1.8.1
- ^ Hesiod, Ehoiai fr. 98 as cited in Berlin Papyri, No. 9777
- ^ Hyginus, Fabulae 175
- ^ Quintus Smyrnaeus, 6.662
- ^ Virgil, Aeneid 10.413
- ^ Statius, Thebaid 9.106