Pherenicus
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Pherenicus (Greek: Φερένικος) was an epic poet from Heraclea Pontica.[1][2] He treated of Metamorphoses and similar fabulous tales. Athenaeus attributes to him the statement that the daughters of Hamadryas and Oxylus were various hamadryad nymphs, associated with different types of trees.[3][4] Tzetzes speaks of him as one of those who treated of the monstrous and fabulous forms of men,[5] and quotes from him two lines respecting the Hyperboreans.[6][7]