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Pheres
Extracted from the Wikipedia article Pheres (son of Cretheus).
Family
In the Fabulae, attributed to Gaius Julius Hyginus, Pheres marries Periclymene, a daughter of Minyas, by whom he becomes the father of Admetus. In addition to Admetus, Apollodorus includes Lycurgus as a son of Pheres, and mentions Eidomene, who becomes the wife of Amythaon, and Periopis, as his daughters. Hyginus also mentions Antigona, the mother of Asterius, as the daughter of a figure named Pheres. 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.