Phalanthus of Tarentum

In Greek mythology, Phalanthos (Ancient Greek: Φάλανθος) is a divine hero, the leader of the Spartan Partheniae and the founder of Taranto. He is said to have been condemned to death by the ephors.

inscription of Phalanthos on an object, 500-473 ac

See also

• Phalanthus

Sources

• Pausanias, Travels (X, 10, 6-8 ; X, 13, 10).
• Strabo, Geography (VI, 3, 2-3) =
  • Antiochus of Syracuse (FGrH 555F13) ;
  • Ephorus of Cumae (FGrH 70F216).

Bibliography

• (in French) Jean Bérard, La colonisation grecque de l'Italie méridionale et de la Sicile dans l'Antiquité. L'histoire et la légende, Paris, 1957, pp.162-175.
• (in French) Marinella Corsano, « Sparte et Tarente : le mythe de fondation d'une colonie », in Revue de l'histoire des religions 196, 2, 1979, pp.113-140.
• (in Italian) G. Maddoli, "Falanto spartiata", in Mélange de l'École française de Rome 95, 1983, pp.555-564.
• (in Italian) Domenico Musti, Strabone e la Magna Grecia, Padoue, 1988, pp.151-172.
• Irad Malkin, Myth and Territory in the Spartan Mediterranean, Cambridge, 1994
• (in French) Claudia Antonetti, "Phalanthos “entre Corinthe et Sycione”", in Dialogues d'histoire ancienne 22/1, 1996, pp.65-78
• Giovanna Bonivento Pupino, Noi Tarantini Figli di Parteni, in Ribalta di Puglia nn.8-9 marzo 2003 https://www.academia.edu/11088541/Noi_Tarantini_figli_di_Parteni
• Jonathan M. Hall, A History of the Archaic Greek World, ca. 1200-479 BCE, Blackwell, 2007, ISBN 0-631-22668-0, p111-114