In Greek mythology, Phaedimus () can refer to one of the following people:
Phaedimus, one of the numerous Niobids, the sons and daughters of King Amphion and Queen Niobe of Thebes, killed by Apollo when their mother insulted Leto.Ovid, Metamorphoses 6.239Apollodorus 3.5.6 Phaedimus, a king of Sidon, who received Menelaus warmly during his return journey from Troy. He gave Menelaus a cup forged by Hephaestus.Homer, Odyssey 4.617-619; 15.117-119Strabo, Geographica 1.2.33 Phaedimus, a descendant of Pentheus, and one of the fifty Thebans who lay an ambush for Tydeus on his return from Thebes and were killed by him.Statius, Thebaid 2.575; 3.171 Phaedimus, son of Spartan Iasus, killed by Amyntas during the war of the Seven against Thebes.Statius, Thebaid 8.438 Phaedimus, one of the sacrificial victims of the Minotaur.François Vase, Florence, AM 4209
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