Pholus

Summary

Pholus is a centaur^[1]. He draws 42 Wikipedia views per month (centaur category, ranking #4 of 25).^[2]

Key Facts

• Pholus's father was Silenus^[3].
• Pholus's mother was Melia^[4].
• Pholus's image is recorded as Herakles Pholos Louvre MNE940.jpg^[5].
• Pholus is recorded as male^[6].
• Pholus's instance of is recorded as centaur^[7].
• Pholus's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 304156009961149581195^[8].
• Pholus's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as sh2002012186^[9].
• Pholus's IdRef ID is recorded as 236187724^[10].
• Pholus's Commons category is recorded as Pholus^[11].
• Pholus's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/03wbhxv^[12].
• Pholus's described by source is recorded as Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)^[13].
• Pholus's described by source is recorded as Description of Greece^[14].
• Pholus's Sandrart.net person ID is recorded as 3573^[15].
• Pholus's British Museum person or institution ID is recorded as 59786^[16].
• Pholus's Theoi Project ID is recorded as Georgikos/KentaurosPholos^[17].
• Pholus's PACTOLS thesaurus ID is recorded as pcrthISLuvtG0X^[18].
• Pholus's ToposText person ID is recorded as 12618^[19].
• Pholus's National Library of Israel J9U ID is recorded as 987007532592605171^[20].
• Pholus's MANTO ID is recorded as 8189251^[21].
• Pholus's Mythoskop ID is recorded as w749^[22].
• Pholus's Trismegistos god ID is recorded as 1672^[23].
• Pholus's Yale LUX ID is recorded as concept/c0f8b38b-395f-4217-953b-30483befb7ea^[24].

Body

Origins and Family

Pholus's father was Silenus^[3]. His mother was Melia^[4].

Works and Contributions

Things named for Pholus include 5145 he^[25], an asteroid^[26] and Pholoe^[27], a plateau^[28], in Greece^[29].

Why It Matters

Pholus draws 42 Wikipedia views per month (centaur category, ranking #4 of 25).^[2] He has Wikipedia articles in 15 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[30] He is known by 3 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[31]

Entities named for him include 5145 he^[25], an asteroid^[26] and Pholoe^[27], a plateau^[28], in Greece^[29].

FAQs

Who were Pholus's parents?

Pholus's father was Silenus^[3]. Pholus's mother was Melia^[4].