Iphicles

In Greek mythology, Iphicles (Ancient Greek: Ἰφικλῆς) is the name of three different people:
*The half-brother of Heracles, being the son of Alcmene and her human husband Amphitryon, whereas Heracles was her son by Zeus. Iphicles was the father of Heracles' charioteer Iolaus by Automedusa, daughter of Alcathous.Bibliotheca 2. 4. 11 He died in the battle against either HippocoonBibliotheca 2. 7. 3 or the Molionides.Pausanias, Description of Greece, 8. 14. 6
*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.Bibliotheca 1. 8. 3Apollonius Rhodius, Argonautica, 1. 201Hyginus, Fabulae, 14Gaius Valerius Flaccus, Argonautica, 1. 370
*A Thessalonian man, son of Phylacus and Clymene, father of Protesilaus and Podarces by Diomedeia or Astyoche.Homer, Iliad, 2. 704-706; 13. 698Hyginus, Fabulae, 103 He was cured of infertility by Melampus, and gave him his famous herd of oxen in reward.Bibliotheca 1. 9. 12
==References==
==External links==
*Myth Index - Iphicles
Category:Greek Mythology