Definitions for Phineus

Phineus Phin·e·us

Spelling: [fin-ee-uh s, fahy-nyoos]
IPA: /ˈfɪn i əs, ˈfaɪ nyus/

Phineus is a 7 letter English word.

You can make 149 anagrams from letters in Phineus (ehinpsu).

Definitions for Phineus

noun

  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.

Examples for Phineus

It was Phineus, he who had been betrothed to Andromeda, yet who had not dared to strike a blow for her rescue.

So Phineus shared the doom of his followers and was turned to stone.

The same fate came upon all who followed, till at last Phineus repented of his unjust conduct.

In such affairs we may have the origin of the story of the Harpies at the court of Phineus.

Nor did they know the cause till Phineus expounded it to them.

The story alluded to is that Phineus, king of Thrace, unjustly put out the eyes of his sons.

This was the signal for a general combat between the guests and servants of Cepheus and Phineus and his followers.

Phineus held his peace, but cast furious looks both at his brother and at Perseus, as if hesitating which to strike first.

Then in the mansion all their comrades were joyful at the tidings and so was Phineus himself.

I have often heard her in the banquet-halls of the Palatine, and thought of Phineus and his polluted feasts.

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