Galaxy/The codex of Phineus

Blind Thracian seer, son of Agenor, tormented by the Harpies until Zetes and Calais drove them off; he then counselled the Argonauts through the Clashing Rocks.1

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Apollodorus tells how the gods set the Harpies over Phineus: whenever food was laid they snatched and befouled it. The winged Boreads pursued them; Iris swore by Styx they would trouble him no more. In return Phineus foretold the voyage and bade them release a dove through the Symplegades.2

the spine ignites as you read · hover a bond on the card — every mention of them lights in the story

BEYOND THE POETS

How the centuries since have seen Phineus — art, artifacts and echoes.

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