Father of the Phrygian captains Phorcys (`phorcys-phrygian`) and Ascanius (`ascanius-phrygian`) from far-off Ascania — attested by Apollodorus in the catalogue of Trojan allies, while Homer names the sons but not their sire.1
Homer's Catalogue sets Phorcys and godlike Ascanius at the head of the Phrygians who came from Ascania, eager to fight in the press of battle beside Troy — but the poet does not name their father in the muster.2
Apollodorus, listing the allies who joined the Trojans, makes Phorcys and Ascanius sons of Aretaon among the Phrygian captains — a parentage that stands beside Homer's later naming of Phorcys as son of Phaenops in the fight over Patroclus (`phorcys-phrygian-parentage`).3
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