# Phorkys — Victory Odes character guide

> Phorkys in Victory Odes by Pindar.

**Role:** minor

**First appearance:** 0001-victory-odes

## Who they are

Sea god, father of the Gorgons and other monsters.

## Relationships

### [Perseus](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/victory_odes_se/characters/perseus)

_rivalry_

Perseus encounters Phorkys as a primordial sea god whose daughters (the Graeae and Gorgons) oppose the hero.

### [Perseus](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/victory_odes_se/characters/perseus)

_rivalry_

Perseus encounters Phorkys as a primordial sea god whose daughters (the Graeae and Gorgons) oppose the hero.

## In the story

### [XII For Midas of Akragas, on his victory in flute-playing, 490 BC](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/victory_odes_se/chapters/xii)

Father of the Gorgons, whose daughters were spoiled of vision by Perseus.

## Links

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