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Phorcys

American  
[fawr-sis] / ˈfɔr sɪs /

noun

Classical Mythology.

  1. a sea god who fathered the Gorgons.

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Phorcys, son of the Sea and the Earth, was their father.

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This giant was even worse than that sea god Phorcys back in Atlanta, Percy realized.

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Phorcys tilted his head so that his mismatched eyes almost lined up.

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“Yes, yes,” Phorcys said impatiently.

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Phorcys’s mouth stretched into that wind tunnel smile.

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