Phalces

Phalces

(Φάλκης), a son of Temenus, and father of Rhegnidas, was one of the Heracleidae. He took possession of the government of Sicyon, and there founded the temple of Hera Prodrmia. (Paus. 2.6.4, 1 l1.2, 13.1; Strab. viii. p.389.) He is said to have killed his father and his sister Hyrnetho. (Paus. 2.29.3.) A Trojan of the same name occurs in Homer. (ll. 14.513.) [L.S]

Phalces Phalces, son of Temenus

• Paus. 2.13.1
• seizes Sicyon: Paus. 2.6.7
• founds temple of Hera at Sicyon: Paus. 2.11.2
• with his brother Cerynes carries off his sister Hyrnetho: Paus. 2.28.3-6
• kills Hyrnetho: Paus. 2.28.5