Phegeus

In Greek mythology, Phegeus (Ancient Greek: Φηγεύς) was the name of the following characters:

• Phegeus, another name for Aegialeus, son of Inachus and the nymph Melia, who received part of the territories of Argos ruled by his father. ^[1][2] On the death of his brother, Phoroneus, Phegeus built a temple at the tomb where the former was worshipped as a deity and oxen were sacrificed to him.^[1]
• Phegeus, king of Psophis.^[3]
• Phegeus, was one of the Thebans who ambushed Tydeus during the war of the Seven against Thebes. Like others participating in this ambush he was killed by Tydeus.^[4]
• Phegeus, a defender of Thebes in the war of the Seven against Thebes. He was killed by Agreus_.^[5]
• Phegeus, an Athenian messenger whom Theseus sent to Creon with a threat of war against Thebes, if Creon would not let the bodies of those who had died attacking Thebes in the war of the Seven against Thebes be burned.^[6]
• Phegeus, son of Dares, priest of Hephaestus at Troy. He was the brother of Idaeus and was killed by Diomedes during the Trojan War.^[7]
• Phegeus, one of Aeneas' companions in Italy. He was killed by Turnus, the man who opposed Aeneas in Italy.^[8]
• Phegeus, soldier in the army of Aeneas. He was killed by Turnus, the man who opposed Aeneas in Italy.^[9]