Iphiclus (mythology)

In Greek mythology, Iphiclus (/ˈɪfɪkləs/, Ancient Greek: Ἴφικλος Iphiklos) was the name of the following figures:

• Iphiclus, other name for Iphicles, son of Alcmene and Amphitryon.
• Iphiclus, a Pleuronian prince as the son of King Thestius^[1] and either Laophonte,^[2] Leucippe,^[3] Deidameia^[4] or Eurythemis.^[5] He was the brother of Althaea, Leda, Hypermnestra, Evippus, Plexippus and Eurypylus. Iphitus was one of the Argonauts,^[6] and a participant in the hunt for the Calydonian Boar, where he was killed by Meleager.
• Iphiclus, a Phylacean prince as the son of the eponymous King Phylacus^[7] of Phylace and Clymene, and brother of Alcimede^[8] and Clymenus. He was the father of Protesilaus and Podarces by Diomedeia.^[9] Hesiod described him as fleet of foot. Iphiclus was cured of infertility by Melampus, and gave him his famous herd of oxen in reward.^[10] He was counted among the Argonauts who sailed for Colchis in their quest of the Golden Fleece.^[11]
• Iphiclus, a Cretan prince as the son of King Idomeneus and Meda, probably the brother of Orsilochus, Cleisithyra and Lycus. Together with the latter, they were slain by the usurper Leucus.^[12]

Notes

1. Apollodorus, 1.9.16
2. Scholiast ad Apollonius of Rhodes, 1.146 with Alcman, fr. 15 as authority
3. Hyginus, Fabulae 14
4. Scholia ad Apollonius Rhodius, 1.201
5. Apollodorus, 1.8.3
6. Apollodorus, 1.9.16; Valerius Flaccus, 1.370; Orphic Argonautica 158
7. Apollonius Rhodius, 1.46-48
8. Apollonius Rhodius, 1.46-48
9. Homer, Iliad 2.704–706 & 13.698; Hyginus, Fabulae 103
10. Apollodorus, 1.9.12
11. Apollonius Rhodius, 1.45; Valerius Flaccus, 1.370
12. Tzetzes ad Lycophron, 1218

References

• Apollonius Rhodius, Argonautica translated by Robert Cooper Seaton (1853-1915), R. C. Loeb Classical Library Volume 001. London, William Heinemann Ltd, 1912. Online version at the Topos Text Project.
• Apollonius Rhodius, Argonautica. George W. Mooney. London. Longmans, Green. 1912. Greek text available at the Perseus Digital Library.
• Gaius Julius Hyginus, Fabulae from The Myths of Hyginus translated and edited by Mary Grant. University of Kansas Publications in Humanistic Studies. Online version at the Topos Text Project.
• Gaius Valerius Flaccus, Argonautica translated by Mozley, J H. Loeb Classical Library Volume 286. Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1928. Online version at theio.com.
• Gaius Valerius Flaccus, Argonauticon. Otto Kramer. Leipzig. Teubner. 1913. Latin text available at the Perseus Digital Library.
• Homer, The Iliad with an English Translation by A.T. Murray, Ph.D. in two volumes. Cambridge, MA., Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann, Ltd. 1924. Online version at the Perseus Digital Library.
• Homer, Homeri Opera in five volumes. Oxford, Oxford University Press. 1920. Greek text available at the Perseus Digital Library.
• Pseudo-Apollodorus, The Library with an English Translation by Sir James George Frazer, F.B.A., F.R.S. in 2 Volumes, Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1921. Online version at the Perseus Digital Library. Greek text available from the same website.
• The Orphic Argonautica, translated by Jason Colavito. © Copyright 2011. Online version at the Topos Text Project.