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Periphas (king of Attica)

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• Pindar, Pythian 1: "And the eagle sleeps on the scepter of Zeus, relaxing his swift wings on either side, the king of birds; "
• pp. 11–12

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• Salmoneus killed
• Ceyx changed into a seabird.
• Polytechnus changed into a woodpecker (or pelican?).
• Aegypius

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Ancient

Antoninus Liberalis

Metamorphoses

p. 55

pp. 118–121

Ovid

Metamorphoses

7.399–400

most righteous Phene, and you, old Periphas, flying side by side

Modern

Cook

p. 1121

(6) The Myth of Periphas.

Antoninus Liberalis in his Metamorphoses, a valuable work preserved to us by a single manuscript at Heidelberg, gives the following account of Periphas:

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p. 1122

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From what source Antonius Liberalis, a compiler of second century A.D. or later², drew this singular narrative is unknown³; nor are its incidents—apart from a casual reference in Ovid⁴—cited elsewhere. ...

Robertson

p. 241

Smith

s.v. Periphas

5. An Attie antochthon previous to the time of Cecrops. was a priest of Apollo, and on account of his virtues he was made king; but as he was honoured to the same extent as Zeus, the latter wished to destroy him. At the request of Apollo, however, Zeus metamorphosed him into an eagle, and his wife likewise into a bird. (Ant. Lib. 6 ; Ov. Met. 7.400.)