Pherenicus

Pherenicus (Greek: Φερένικος) was an epic poet from Heraclea Pontica.^{[citation needed]} He treated of Metamorphoses and similar fabulous tales. Athenaeus gives a statement from him respecting the origin of the fig-tree and other trees;^[1] and Tzetzes speaks of him as one of those who treated of the monstrous and fabulous forms of men,^[2] and quotes from him two lines respecting the Hyperboreans.^[3]^[4]

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^ Athenaeus. "14". Deipnosophistaí Δειπνοσοφισταί [The Deiphnosophists] (in Greek). III. p. 78b.
^ Tzetzes. "144: Περι του και ει τι τουτων ψευδεπινουστερον". Chiliades (in Greek). VII.
^ comp. Schol. ad Pind. Ol. iii. 28.
^ Smith, William, ed. (1870). "Pherenicus". Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology. 3. Boston: Little, Brown, and Company. p. 259.

[1] Athenaeus. "14". Deipnosophistaí Δειπνοσοφισταί [The Deiphnosophists] (in Greek). III. p. 78b.

[2] Tzetzes. "144: Περι του και ει τι τουτων ψευδεπινουστερον". Chiliades (in Greek). VII.

[3] . Schol. ad Pind. Ol. iii. 28.

[Smith1870-4] Smith, William, ed. (1870). "Pherenicus". Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology. 3. Boston: Little, Brown, and Company. p. 259.

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