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Phocus

(Φῶκος).

1. A son of Ornytion of Corinth, or according to others of Poseidon, is said to have been the leader of a colony from Corinth into the territory of Tithorea and Mount Parnasss, which derived from him the name of Phocis. (Paus. 2.4.3, 29.2, 10.1.1.) He is said to have cured Antiope of her madness, and to have made her his wife (9.17.4).