Phyllis 1024554 225448939 2008-07-13T19:21:33Z 71.167.32.121 :{{otheruses}} '''Phyllis''' is a character in [[Greek mythology]]. Daughter of [[Lycurgus]], King of [[Thrace]], she married [[Demophon (King of Athens)|Demophon]], King of [[Athens]] and son of [[Theseus]], while he stopped in Thrace on his journey home from the Trojan war. Demophon, duty bound to Greece, returns home to help his father, leaving Phyllis behind. She sends him away with a coffin with the sacrament of [[Rhea (mythology)|Rhea]], asking him to open it only when he has given up hope of returning to her. From here, the story diverges. In one version, Phyllis commits suicide by hanging herself from a tree. Where she is buried, an almond tree grows, which blossoms when Demophon returns to her. In a second version of the story, Demophon opens the caskets and accidentally falls on his own sword. This story most notably appears in Book II of [[Ovid]]'s epistolary epic, the [[Heroides]], and also appears in the work of [[Callimachus]]. The [[Amphipolis#Origins of the city|Nine Ways]] is derived from the story of Phyllis, who is said to have returned nine times to the shores to wait for Demophon's return. == References == Fulkerson, Laurel. "Reading dangerously: Phyllis, Dido, Ariadne, and Medea". ''The Ovidian Heroine as Author''. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2005. [[Category:Greek mythology]] [[de:Phyllis]] [[es:Filis]] [[it:Filide]] [[pt:Filis]] [[ru:Филлида (мифология)]] [[fi:Fyllis]] [[zh:菲莉丝]]