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
Byword (horse) third. The colt was stepped up again for the Group Two Prix Guillaume d'Ornano at Deauville Racecourse in August. He started the 6/4 favourite but finished fourth behind the British-trained Sri Putra. Maxime Guyon then took over from Pasguier and rode the horse in all his subsequent races. In September he started odds-on favourite (coupled with his owner's other runner World Heritage) for the Prix du Prince d'Orange at Longchamp Racecourse and finished fourth to Cirrus des Aigles. On his first appearance as a four-year-old, Byword won the listed Prix Jacques Laffitte on very soft ground at Maisons-Laffitte in April,