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PHORCYS : Greek god of sea-dangers ; mythology ; pictures : PHORKYS |
 | | PHORKYS (or Phorcys) was an ancient sea-god who presided over the hidden dangers of the deep. |
| | Phorkys was depicted in ancient mosaic as a grey-haired, fish-tailed god, with spiky crab-like skin and crab-claw forelegs. |
| | Stasinus of Cyprus or Hegesias of Salamis, Cypria Fragment 21 (from Herodian, On Peculiar Diction) (trans. |
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