Patriarch signifies a father. […] Epaphus, a son of Jupiter, one day told Phaeton that Apollo was not his father. […] Phorcus, father of the Gorgons and of Proteus, and Triton, were sons of Neptune. […] Who was Jason’s father and his preceptor? […] He was called the universal father; the father of battles; because he adopted as his children all those who died with arms in their hands.