Phineus

American  

[fin-ee-uhs, fahy-nyoos] / ˈfɪn i əs, ˈfaɪ njus /

noun

Classical Mythology.

1. a brother of Cepheus who was not brave enough to rescue his betrothed Andromeda from a sea monster and who was eventually turned to stone.

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Phineus

The interior was adorned with groups of characters from different Disney universes mingling together: Mr. Incredible and Dash with Jack Skellington, Captain Jack Sparrow alongside Mike Wazowski and Phineus and Ferb.

From Forbes ● Jan. 15, 2013

They must forbear to kill the hounds of Zeus, she said, but she swore by the waters of the Styx, the oath that none can break, that they would never again trouble Phineus.

From "Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes" by Edith Hamilton

Let them cower here and hide themselves, and I, who come from Zeus, will swear the oath that the gods most dread, that they will never again come to Salmydessus to trouble Phineus, the king.”

From The Golden Fleece and The Heroes Who Lived Before Achilles by Padraic Colum

But the author of Agesilan is no whit more guilty than Ariosto himself, for both incidents are derived originally from the story of Phineus and the harpies in the Argonautica of Apollonius Rhodius.

From Legends & Romances of Spain by Lewis Spence

Long were the tale, of each plebeïan death To tell; two hundred still unhurt remain; By Gorgon's head two hundred stiffen'd stand: When Phineus seems the strife unjust to mourn.

From The Metamorphoses of Publius Ovidus Naso in English blank verse Vols. I & II by J. J. Howard

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