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Phaeax

Φαίαξ

(Φαίαξ), a son of Poseidon and Cercyra, from whom the Phaeacians derived their name. (Diod. 4.72; Steph. Byz. s. v. Φαίαξ.) Conon (Narrat. 3) calls him the father of Alcinous and Locrus.

From William Smith (ed.), Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology. Text provided under a CC BY-SA license by Perseus Digital Library, http://www.perseus.tufts.edu, with funding from the National Endowment for the Humanities and Tufts University. Data accessed from https://github.com/PerseusDL/canonical-pdlrefwk/ on 17 October 2026.