person
Demophoon
Son of Theseus; on his way home from Troy he was sheltered and loved by Phyllis in Thrace, then sailed away promising to return and did not.
Reading notes
- The Art of Love §2.17 Demophoon
The lover whose absence drove Phyllis to despair and death (Heroides 2).
- The Heroides §2 Demophoon
Son of Theseus; sheltered by Phyllis in Thrace on his way home from Troy, he sailed off vowing to come back within a month and broke his word.
- The Cure for Love §18 Demophoön
Son of Theseus, who left the Thracian princess Phyllis and failed to return, driving her to suicide.