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Greek Mythology > People, Places, & Things > Phorkys
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The son of Pontus (the Sea) and Gaia (Earth).
Phorkys was the consort of his sister, Keto (Ceto), and father of the Graiae (the Gray Sisters), the Gorgons, the six-headed monster, Skylla (Scylla) and the serpent, Ladon, who guards the Golden Apples of the Hesperides; he is the brother of Thaumas and Eurybia.
His name is also spelled Phorkus or Phorcus.
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