Godlike co-captain of the Phrygians from Ascania beside Phorcys in the Catalogue of Ships — not to be merged with later eponyms of the same name in the Roman Aeneas tradition.1
I
Homer sets Ascanius beside Phorcys at the head of the Phrygians who came from far-off Ascania. Apollodorus names the pair sons of Aretaon in the catalogue of Trojan allies.2
II
When Hector rallied the tribes about Patroclus, he heartened Ascanius' comrade Phorcys among the captains who stood in the press of battle.3
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