title: Phthius of Arcadia
text: # Phthius of Arcadia
  
  In Greek mythology, Phthius (Ancient Greek: φθῖος) was an Arcadian prince as one of the 50 sons of the impious King Lycaon either by the naiad Cyllene, Nonacris or by unknown woman.
  
  ## Mythology
  
  Phthius and his siblings were the most nefarious and carefree of all people. To test them, Zeus visited them in the form of a peasant. These brothers mixed the entrails of a child into the god's meal, whereupon the enraged king of the gods threw the meal over the table. Phthius was killed, along with his brothers and their father, by a lightning bolt of the god.
  
  