Pherenicus

Pherenicus (Greek: Φερένικος) was an epic poet from Heraclea Pontica.^[1]^[2] He treated of Metamorphoses and similar fabulous tales. Athenaeus gives a statement from him respecting the origin of the fig-tree and other trees;^[3] and Tzetzes speaks of him as one of those who treated of the monstrous and fabulous forms of men,^[4] and quotes from him two lines respecting the Hyperboreans.^[5]^[6]

References

^ Sandin, Pär (2014). "Famous Hyperboreans". Nordlit. 33: 214.
^ Beck, Hans (Cologne); Fornaro, Sotera (Sassari); Portmann, Werner (Berlin) (2006-10-01), "Pherenicus", Brill’s New Pauly, Brill, retrieved 2022-07-11
^ Athenaeus. "14". Deipnosophistaí Δειπνοσοφισταί [The Deiphnosophists] (in Greek). Vol. III. p. 78b.
^ Tzetzes. "144: Περι του και ει τι τουτων ψευδεπινουστερον". Chiliades (in Greek). Vol. VII.
^ comp. Schol. ad Pind. Ol. iii. 28.
^ Smith, William, ed. (1870). "Pherenicus". Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology. Vol. 3. Boston: Little, Brown, and Company. p. 259.

[1] Sandin, Pär (2014). "Famous Hyperboreans". Nordlit. 33: 214.

[2] Beck, Hans (Cologne); Fornaro, Sotera (Sassari); Portmann, Werner (Berlin) (2006-10-01), "Pherenicus", Brill’s New Pauly, Brill, retrieved 2022-07-11

[3] Athenaeus. "14". Deipnosophistaí Δειπνοσοφισταί [The Deiphnosophists] (in Greek). Vol. III. p. 78b.

[4] Tzetzes. "144: Περι του και ει τι τουτων ψευδεπινουστερον". Chiliades (in Greek). Vol. VII.

[5] . Schol. ad Pind. Ol. iii. 28.

[Smith1870-6] Smith, William, ed. (1870). "Pherenicus". Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology. Vol. 3. Boston: Little, Brown, and Company. p. 259.

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