Phocus of Corinth Phocus of Corinth In Greek mythology, Phocus (; Ancient Greek: Φῶκος means "seal") the Corinthian, was a son of Ornytion (or Ornytus) and grandson of Sisyphus; some called him son of Poseidon. Thus he might be the same as the son of Poseidon and Pronoe referenced in the scholia on "Iliad", see above. Leaving the kingdom of Corinth to his brother Thoas, he led a colony to the region of Tithorea and Mount Parnassus; the land came to be named Phocis after him. Phocus is said to have cured the wandering Antiope of her madness, which she had been struck
Demaratus of Corinth Demaratus of Corinth Demaratus (), frequently called Demaratus of Corinth, was the father of Lucius Tarquinius Priscus, the fifth King of Rome, and the grandfather or great-grandfather of Lucius Tarquinius Superbus, the seventh and last Roman king. Demaratus was a nobleman of the Dorian House of the Bacchiadae at Corinth. Facing charges of sedition, in 655 BC he fled to Italy, according to tradition settling in the Etruscan city of Tarquinii, where he married an Etruscan noblewoman. They had two sons, Lucius and Arruns. According to tradition, Demaratus introduced Greek culture to mainland Italy, and brought potters from Corinth; Greek