What is "aphareus"

In Greek mythology, Aphareus , son of Gorgophone and Perieres, was the husband of Arene, daughter of Oebalus, and father of Lynceus, Idas and Peisus, though some report that Idas' actual father was Poseidon. Some call his wife Polydora or Laocoosa. The patronymic Apharetidae, derived from the name of Aphareus, is sometimes used to refer to Idas and Lynceus collectively.

Aphareus was credited with founding the city Arene in Messenia, which was named after his wife. He received Neleus, who had been driven out of Iolcus by Pelias, and assigned to him a tract of land in the maritime part of Messenia, where the main city was Pylos; in the same fashion he welcomed the exiled Lycus, son of Pandion, who revealed the rites of Demeter to Aphareus and his family.

The name Aphareus may also refer to two minor mythological figures:

• A Centaur that attended the wedding of Pirithous and Hippodamia. In the battle initiated by the Centaurs, he tried to throw a rock at his opponents but was killed by Theseus.
• A Greek warrior in the Trojan War, son of Caletor. Was killed by Aeneas.

Aphareus (4th century BC) was an ancient Greek tragedian and orator. He attended the school of Isocrates, along with Theodectes. He was the son of Hippias the sophist, and the adopted son of Isocrates, left behind him thirty-seven tragedies, and had been successful in winning four victories.

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Aphareus may refer to:

• Aphareus, son of Gorgophone and Perieres in Greek mythology
• Aphareus (writer) (4th century BCE), Ancient Greek orator and tragedian
• Aphareus (genus), a genus of fishes in the family Lutjanidae

Aphareus is a genus of snappers native to the Indian and Pacific Oceans from the African coast to the Hawaiian Islands. The currently recognized species in this genus are:

• Aphareus furca ( Lacépède, 1801) (small-toothed jobfish)
• Aphareus rutilans G. Cuvier, 1830 (rusty jobfish)