Iphicles
In Greek mythology, Iphicles (/ˈɪfɪˌkliːz/ or /ˈaɪfɪˌkliːz/; Ancient Greek: Ἰφικλῆς) is the name of three different people (this name was conflated with the name Iphiclus (Ancient Greek: Ἴφικλος), which appears e.g. as the name of Protesilaus' father in Homer):
- The half fraternal twin brother of Heracles, being the son of Alcmene and her human husband Amphitryon, whereas Heracles was her son by Zeus. He had a sister Laonome. Iphicles was the father of Heracles' charioteer Iolaus by Automedusa, daughter of Alcathous.[1] He died in the battle against either Hippocoon[2] or the Molionides.[3]
- Son of Thestius and either Leucippe, Laophonte, Deidameia or Eurythemis; one of the Argonauts, and a participant in the hunt for the Calydonian Boar, where he was killed by Meleager.[4][5][6][7]
- A Thessalonian man, son of Phylacus and Clymene, father of Protesilaus and Podarces by Diomedeia or Astyoche.[8][9] He was cured of infertility by Melampus, and gave him his famous herd of oxen in reward.[10]
References
- ^ Bibliotheca 2. 4. 11
- ^ Bibliotheca 2. 7. 3
- ^ Pausanias, Description of Greece, 8. 14. 6
- ^ Bibliotheca 1. 8. 3
- ^ Apollonius Rhodius, Argonautica, 1. 201
- ^ Hyginus, Fabulae, 14
- ^ Gaius Valerius Flaccus, Argonautica, 1. 370
- ^ Homer, Iliad, 2. 704-706; 13. 698
- ^ Hyginus, Fabulae, 103
- ^ Bibliotheca 1. 9. 12