Phaon

Margaret Williamson

doi:10.1093/acrefore/9780199381135.013.4932

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Phaon

Margaret Williamson

https://doi.org/10.1093/acrefore/9780199381135.013.4932
Published online: 07 March 2016

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Phaon, a mythical ferryman, made young and beautiful by *Aphrodite, who also hid him among lettuces like her beloved *Adonis. *Sappho among others is said to have loved him, finally leaping from the cliff at *Leucas (Lefkas) for his sake: the story, which echoes other legends, appears first in Attic comedy.

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