In
Greek mythology,
Pheres , son of
Cretheus and
Tyro and brother of
Aeson and
Amythaon, was the founder of
Pherae in
Thessaly. He fled there from
Iolcus after his half-brother,
Pelias, seized the throne. He married Periclymene, daughter of
Minyas, and became the father of
Admetus,
Lycurgus, Eidomene (wife of
Amythaon or
Bias) and Periopis (possible mother of
Patroclus). Of them
Admetus was the husband of the famous
Alcestis, who died in his stead and was rescued by
Heracles, while Pheres, despite his old age, would not do the same for his son.
