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Phorcus or Phorcys

Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

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a Homeric sea-god, to whom a harbor in Ithaca was dedicated. He is said to have been the son of Pontus and Ge, and to have been the father, by his sister Ceto, of the Gorgons, the Hesperian dragon, and the Hesperides. By Hecate he was the father of Scylla.

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McClintock, John. Strong, James. Entry for 'Phorcus or Phorcys'. Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature. https://www.studylight.org/​encyclopedias/​eng/​tce/​p/phorcus-or-phorcys.html. Harper & Brothers. New York. 1870.
 
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