Iphitus in American English
(ˈɪfɪtəs, ˈaifɪ-) noun. Classical Mythology. a son of Eurytus, thrown to his death off the walls of Tiryns by Hercules.
What is Iphitus?
Iphitus an ally of Thebans in the war of the Seven against Thebes. He was the leader of men from Phocis and the cities of Panope, Daulis, Cyparissos, Lebadia and Hyampolis during the war. By his wife Hippolyte or Thrasybule, Iphitos became the father of Schedius and Epistrophus who led the Phocians in the Trojan war.
Who is Iphitus in the Odyssey?
Iphitus was the son of King Eurytus of Oechalia and Antiope or Antioche, and thus brother to Iole, Toxeus, Deioneus, Molion, Didaeon and Clytius, also an Argonaut. He was a descendant of Oxylus.
