Pherenicus (Greek: Φερένικος) was an epic poet from Heraclea Pontica.[1][2] He treated of Metamorphoses and similar fabulous tales. Athenaeus gives a statement from him respecting the origin of the fig-tree and other trees;[3] and Tzetzes speaks of him as one of those who treated of the monstrous and fabulous forms of men,[4] and quotes from him two lines respecting the Hyperboreans.[5][6]
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- ^ Sandin, Pär (2014). "Famous Hyperboreans". Nordlit. 33: 214.
- ^ Beck, Hans (Cologne); Fornaro, Sotera (Sassari); Portmann, Werner (Berlin) (2006-10-01), "Pherenicus", Brill’s New Pauly, Brill, retrieved 2022-07-11
- ^ Athenaeus. "14". Deipnosophistaí Δειπνοσοφισταί [The Deiphnosophists] (in Greek). Vol. III. p. 78b.
- ^ Tzetzes. "144: Περι του και ει τι τουτων ψευδεπινουστερον". Chiliades (in Greek). Vol. VII.
- ^ comp. Schol. ad Pind. Ol. iii. 28.
- ^ Smith, William, ed. (1870). "Pherenicus". Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology. Vol. 3. Boston: Little, Brown, and Company. p. 259.