Phrasius

Phra'sius

(Φράσιος), a Cyprian soothsayer, who advised Busiris to sacrifice the strangers that came to his dominions for the purpose of averting a scarcity; but Phrasius himself fell a victim to his own advice. (Apollod. 2.5.11; Arcadius, 40.32.) [L.S]

Phrasius Phrasius, a seer from Cyprus

• prescribes human sacrifices as a remedy for dearth: Apollod. 2.5.11, Apollod. vol. 1.226
• himself sacrificed: Apollod. 2.5.11

Phrasius(2), son of Neleus

• Apollod. 1.9.9