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He spoke, and far beneath the flood maiden Panopea heard him, with all Phorcus 'choir of Nereids, and lord Portunus with his own mighty hand pushed him on his way.
The Aeneid of Virgil 70 BC-19 BC Virgil
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Diverse shapes attend him, monstrous whales, and Glaucus 'aged choir, and Palaemon, son of Ino, the swift Tritons, and Phorcus with all his army.
The Aeneid of Virgil 70 BC-19 BC Virgil
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SCYLLA was the daughter of Phorcus, or Phorcys, by Ceto.
Roman Antiquities, and Ancient Mythology For Classical Schools (2nd ed) Charles K. Dillaway
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GORGONS were three in number, and daughters of Phorcus or Porcys, by his sister Ceto.
Roman Antiquities, and Ancient Mythology For Classical Schools (2nd ed) Charles K. Dillaway
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Then a band of seven warrior brothers, the sons of Phorcus, attacked the Trojan chief, hurling seven darts upon him all together, some of which rebounded from his shield, and some, turned aside by Venus, harmlessly grazed his skin.
Story of Aeneas Michael Clarke 1880
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These were three hideous daughters of Phorcus, and sisters of the Grææ.
St. Nicholas Magazine for Boys and Girls, Vol. 5, July 1878, No. 9 Various 1868
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Palæphatus and Fulgentius think that the Gorgons really were three young women, possessed of great wealth, which they employed in a very careful manner; Phorcus, their father, having left them three islands, and a golden statue of Minerva, which they placed in their common treasury.
The Metamorphoses of Ovid Vol. I, Books I-VII 43 BC-18? Ovid 1847
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How she came by that extraordinary name though, is not I believe well known; perhaps her likeness to one of the Cape Verd islands, the original Hesperides, might be the cause; for it was _there_ the daughters of Phorcus fixed their habitation: or may be, as Medusa was called _Gorgon par eminence_, because she applied herself to the enriching of ground, this fertile islet owes its appellation from being particularly manured and fructified.
Observations and Reflections Made in the Course of a Journey through France, Italy, and Germany, Vol. I Hester Lynch Piozzi 1781
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Page 84 - Phorcus amended to Phorcys - "Scylla, a daughter of
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