Pheres
(
Φέρης).
1. A son of Cretheus and Tyro, and brother of Aeson and Amythaon; he was married to Periclymene, by whom he became the father of Admetus, Lycurgus, Eidomene, and Periapis.
He was believed to have founded the town of Pherae in Thessaly. (
Hom. Od. 11.259 ;
Apollod. 1.9. §§ 11, 14, 3.10.4, 13.8.)