The Sea in the Greek Imagination by Beaulieu Marie-Claire;

Author:Beaulieu, Marie-Claire;
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press
Published: 2019-03-13T16:00:00+00:00

Taras and Phalanthus

Like the story of Enalus, the stories of Taras and Phalanthus are linked to foundation myths—in this case, the foundation myths of Tarentum. The stories of Taras and Phalanthus are so deeply intertwined that the ancients themselves were often unable to distinguish the heroes clearly. According to Pausanias, Taras was the son of Poseidon and a nymph of Southern Italy named Satyria, and he gave his name to the city of Tarentum (which is called “Taras” in Greek).107 Still according to Pausanias, the founder of Tarentum was a Spartan named Phalanthus who came to Italy as the leader of the Partheniae on the orders of the Delphic oracle.108 He was shipwrecked in the Crisaian Bay near Delphi and rescued by a dolphin, which brought him all the way to the site of the future city of Tarentum.109 According to Servius, Taras was the founder of the city and the leader of the Spartan Partheniae, but Phalanthus later took over and ensured the development of Tarentum.110

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