Son of Jason and Medea at Corinth, buried beside his brother Mermerus above the Well of Glauce in Pausanias' account — stoned by the Corinthians for Medea's gifts to Glauce, while Apollodorus also records that some say Medea herself slew the children when she fled.1
Apollodorus names him Pheres, brother of Mermerus and son of Jason and Medea at Corinth, and preserves the double tradition of their end: Medea may have killed both boys when she fled after sending the poisoned robe to Glauce, or left them as infant suppliants on Hera's altar for the Corinthians to remove and slay.2⚖
Hyginus has Pheres and Mermerus deliver Medea's drugged golden crown to Creusa at Jason's second wedding; when the bride, Jason, and Creon are consumed in the ensuing fire, Medea slays both sons before she flees.3⚖
Pausanias records Pheres together with Mermerus at the tomb near the Well of Glauce, stoned by the Corinthians because of Medea's bridal gifts; of Pheres alone he adds that nothing further is recorded.4⚖
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