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Psophis (mythology)
In
Greek mythology
,
Psophis
was the name of three
characters
, all of whom were considered possible
eponyms
for
the city
of Psophis. They are
enlisted
in one
passage
of Pausanias'
Description
of
Greece
.
Male:
Psophis, a
descendant
of
Nyctimus
. The
lineage
is as follows: Nyctimus -
Periphetes
-
Parthaon
-
Aristas
-
Erymanthus
-
Arrhon
- Psophis.
Female:
Psophis,
daughter
of
Xanthus
and
granddaughter
of Erymanthus.
Psophis, daughter of
Eryx
, a
Sicilian
despot
. She was made
pregnant
by
Heracles
, who then entrusted her to his
friend
Lycortas
, a
native
of the
city of
Phegeia
. She gave
birth
to two
sons
,
Echephron
and
Promachus
, who were brought up in Phegeia and
renamed
it Psophis after their
mother
.
Psophis, daughter of
Lycaon
, is mentioned as the possible
eponym
of the
city
by
Stephanus of Byzantium
.
