Phoenix raised the young Achilles in Peleus's court, feeding him from his own hand and holding him on his knee. He loved the boy as the son he never had, and Achilles called him father.
Amyntor cursed his son Phoenix and called upon the Erinyes to ensure he would never father children of his own, and the gods below — Zeus of the Underworld and dread Persephone — fulfilled the curse.
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