 He married Periclymene, daughter of Minyas, and became the father of Admetus, Lycurgus, Eidomene (wife of Amythaon), Periopis (possible mother of Patroclus) and Antigona (mother of Asterius).Of them Admetus was the husband of the famous Alcestis, who died in his stead and was rescued by Heracles, while Pheres, despite his old age, would not do the same for his son.In Aeschylus' "Eumenides" Pheres is mentioned by the Chorus of Erinyes of Clytemnestra.