Parrhasius

Parrhasius (Ancient Greek: Παρράσιος) was, in Greek mythology, the name of two individuals:

Parrhasius or Parrhasus, an Arcadian hero and son of King Lycaon or Zeus. He was the father of Arcas who had the region named after him.[1] Parrhasius was said to have founded the Arcadian city of Parrhasia.
Parrhasius, twin brother of Lycastus and son of Ares and Phylonome, daughter of Nyctimus and Arcadia. Their mother them into the river Erymanthus but they survived when a wolf suckled them and a shepherd, Gyliphus, reared them. Parrhasius succeeded later to the throne of Arcadia.[2][3]

Notes

The dictionary of classical mythology, Pierre Grimal, p. 346-7
Plutarch, Parallela minora 36

Lydus, De Mensibus, 150 (p. 168 Wünsch)

Reference

Lucius Mestrius Plutarchus, Moralia with an English Translation by Frank Cole Babbitt. Cambridge, MA. Harvard University Press. London. William Heinemann Ltd. 1936. Online version at the Perseus Digital Library. Greek text available from the same website.

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