Phlegyas
| Phlegyas | |
|---|---|
| King of the Lapiths | |
| Abode | in the valley of the Peneus and on the mountain Pelion in Thessaly |
| Parents | Ares and Chryse or Dotis |
| Siblings | Phobos, Deimos, Harmonia, Eros, Adrestia, Anteros, Himeros, Pothos, Aeropus, Alcippe, Ascalaphus, Ialmenus, Mygdon, Meleager, Sithon, Solymus, Parthenopeus, Edonus, Biston, Odomantus, Pangaeus, Diomedes, Creston, Evenus, Thestius, Molus, Pylus, Dragon of Thebes, Amazons, Stymphelus, Enyalius, Hippolyta, Antiope, Melanippe, Penthesilea, Sinope, Lycastus, Parrhasius, Oxylus, Cycnus, Bithys, Oenomaus, Thrassa, Tmolus, Melanippus, Alcon, Chalyps, Cheimarrhoos, Dryas, Hyperbius, Lycus of Libya, Nisos, Porthaon, Minyas, and Tereus |
| Children | Ixion and Coronis |
Phlegyas /ˈflɛdʒiəs/ (Greek: Φλεγύας), son of Ares and Chryse or Dotis, was king of the Lapiths in Greek mythology. He was the father of Ixion and Coronis, one of Apollo's lovers.
While pregnant with Asclepius, Coronis fell in love with Ischys: Son of Elatus. When a hooded crow informed Apollo of the affair, he sent his sister Artemis to kill Coronis. Apollo rescued the baby from Coronis' womb though and gave it to the centaur Chiron to raise. Phlegyas was irate at Apollo for killing his daughter and torched the Apollonian temple at Delphi, causing Apollo to kill him.
In the Aeneid of Virgil, Phlegyas is shown tormented in the Underworld warning others not to despise the Gods. In the Thebaid of Statius, Phlegyas is also shown to be in the Underworld entombed in a rock by Megaera (one of the Furies) and starves in front of an eternal feast.
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