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|Text=[[Φόρκυς]], -υος, ὁ, or [[Φόρκος]], ὁ ([[Sophocles]], ''Fragment'').

[[daughter of Phorcys]]: [[Φορκίς]], -ίδος, ἡ; see [[Gorgon]].
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|gf=<b>Phorcys</b>, v. [[Phorcus]].
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|wketx=In Greek mythology, [[Phorcys]] or [[Phorcus]] (/ˈfɔːrsɪs/; Ancient Greek: [[Φόρκυς]], romanized: Phórkus) is a primordial sea god, generally cited (first in [[Hesiod]]) as the son of [[Pontus]] and [[Gaia]] (Earth). According to the Orphic hymns, [[Phorcys]], [[Cronus]] and [[Rhea]] were the eldest offspring of [[Oceanus]] and [[Tethys]]. Classical scholar Karl Kerenyi conflated Phorcys with the similar sea gods [[Nereus]] and [[Proteus]]. His wife was [[Ceto]], and he is most notable in myth for fathering by Ceto a host of monstrous children. In extant Hellenistic-Roman mosaics, Phorcys was depicted as a fish-tailed merman with crab-claw forelegs and red, spiky skin.
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|trtx=ar: فوركيس; az: Forki; be: Форкій; bg: Форкис; bn: ফোর্কিস; br: Forkys; ca: Forcis; cs: Forkýs; da: Forkys; de: Phorkys; el: Φόρκυς; en: Phorcys; eo: Forkiso; es: Forcis; et: Phorkys ja Keto; eu: Fortzis; fa: فورسیس; fi: Forkys; fr: Phorcys; ga: Forcis; he: פורקיס; hr: Fork; hu: Phorküsz; hy: Փորկիս; id: Forkis; it: Forco; ja: ポルキュース; ko: 포르키스; la: Phorcus; lb: Phorkys; lt: Forkinas; mk: Форкиј; nl: Phorcys; no: Forkys; pl: Forkos; pt: Fórcis; ro: Phorcys; ru: Форкий; sco: Phorcys; sr: Форкије; sv: Forkys; tr: Forkis; uk: Форкій; zh: 福耳库斯
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