Aphareus
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Aphareus (Ancient Greek: Ἀφαρεύς) may refer to the following figures.
- Aphareus, a Messenian king, son of Perieres and Gorgophone.[1]
- Aphareus, a Centaur that attended the wedding of Pirithous and Hippodamia. In the battle initiated by the Centaurs, he tried to throw a rock at his opponents but was killed by Theseus.[2]
- Aphareus, a Greek warrior in the Trojan War who was one of the seven captains of the sentinels along with, Thrasymedes, Ascalaphus, Ialmenus, Meriones, Deipyrus and Lycomedes.[3] He was the son of Caletor. Aeneas leapt upon Aphareus and struck him on the throat with a sharp spear, slaying the Achaean warrior eventually.[4]
- Aphareus, an Athenian rhetor, son of the sophist Hippias and Plathane.[5]
