Doryclus Explained

In Greek mythology, Doryclus (Ancient Greek: Δόρυκλος) may refer to the following personages:

• Doryclus, a Phoenician prince as son of King Phoenix and brother of Cilix and Phineus.^[1]
• Doryclus, a man from Tiryns who won the prize in boxing at the first Olympian games.^[2]
• Doryclus, a Lemnian living at the time when the Argonauts came to the island.^[3]
• Doryclus, an Indian warrior who fought against the army of Dionysus in the Indian War.^[4]
• Doryclus, the Trojan husband of Beroe.^[5]
• Doryclus, son of King Priam mentioned in Homer's Iliad,^[6] Hyginus' Fabulae^[7] and the Bibliotheca.^[8] His mother's name is unknown. He is ultimately killed by Ajax.

References

• Gaius Julius Hyginus, Fabulae from The Myths of Hyginus translated and edited by Mary Grant. University of Kansas Publications in Humanistic Studies. Online version at the Topos Text Project.
• Gaius Valerius Flaccus, Argonautica translated by Mozley, J H. Loeb Classical Library Volume 286. Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1928. Online version at theio.com.
• Gaius Valerius Flaccus, Argonauticon. Otto Kramer. Leipzig. Teubner. 1913. Latin text available at the Perseus Digital Library.
• Homer, The Iliad with an English Translation by A.T. Murray, Ph.D. in two volumes. Cambridge, MA., Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann, Ltd. 1924. Online version at the Perseus Digital Library.
• Homer, Homeri Opera in five volumes. Oxford, Oxford University Press. 1920. Greek text available at the Perseus Digital Library.
• Nonnus of Panopolis, Dionysiaca translated by William Henry Denham Rouse (1863-1950), from the Loeb Classical Library, Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press, 1940. Online version at the Topos Text Project.
• Nonnus of Panopolis, Dionysiaca. 3 Vols. W.H.D. Rouse. Cambridge, MA., Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann, Ltd. 1940-1942. Greek text available at the Perseus Digital Library.
• Pindar, Odes translated by Diane Arnson Svarlien. 1990. Online version at the Perseus Digital Library.
• Pindar, The Odes of Pindar including the Principal Fragments with an Introduction and an English Translation by Sir John Sandys, Litt.D., FBA. Cambridge, MA., Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1937. Greek text available at the Perseus Digital Library.
• Pseudo-Apollodorus, The Library with an English Translation by Sir James George Frazer, F.B.A., F.R.S. in 2 Volumes, Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1921. Online version at the Perseus Digital Library. Greek text available from the same website.
• Publius Vergilius Maro, Aeneid. Theodore C. Williams. trans. Boston. Houghton Mifflin Co. 1910. Online version at the Perseus Digital Library.
• Publius Vergilius Maro, Bucolics, Aeneid, and Georgics. J. B. Greenough. Boston. Ginn & Co. 1900. Latin text available at the Perseus Digital Library.

Notes and References

1. [Pherecydes of Syros|Pherecydes]
2. [Pindar]
3. [Gaius Valerius Flaccus (poet)|Valerius Flaccus]
4. [Nonnus]
5. [Virgil]
6. [Homer]
7. [Hyginus]
8. [Bibliotheca (Pseudo-Apollodorus)|Apollodorus]