Iphitos, son of
Eurytus, king of
Oechalia. As
Iole's brother, he was
Heracles' brother-in-law and, according to one version of the myth, also his lover.[1]
Iphitos, an
Elean who was killed by
Copreus, son of Pelops, who fled from Elis after the murder and later on was purified by King
Eurystheus in
Mycenae.[9] According to the writer
Alcman, Iphitos along with
Lycurgus, belonged to the participants in the first
Olympic Games.[10]
Iphitos, an elderly Trojan during the Trojan War. In Book VIII of the Iliad, his son Archeptolemus suddenly becomes the charioteer of
Hector when
Eniopeus was killed by
Diomedes. However,
Teucer killed him in the same battle.[12] In Aeneid Book II,
Aeneas named Iphitos among half a dozen Trojan heroes who fight by his side during the fall of Troy. When the battle turned against them, Iphitos was the only one of these who remained standing. He was apparently by Aeneas's side until King
Priam was killed.[13] In some accounts, Iphitos was also the father of Coeranus who was killed by
Odysseus.[14]
Iphitos, king of
Elis, restored the
Olympic Games after the
Dorian invasion. The restoration came after he asked the
Oracle at Delphi about what should be done to save
Greece from civil war and the diseases that were killing the population. The Oracle answered: "Iphitos and the people of Elis must declare a sacred truce for the duration of the game and revive the Olympic Games".
^Tzetzes, John (2015). Allegories of the Iliad. Translated by Goldwyn, Adam; Kokkini, Dimitra. Harvard University Press, Cambridge, Massachusetts, London, England: Dumbarton Oaks Medieval Library. pp. 41, Prologue 540–541.
ISBN978-0-674-96785-4.
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.
Tzetzes, John, Allegories of the Iliad translated by Goldwyn, Adam J. and Kokkini, Dimitra. Dumbarton Oaks Medieval Library, Harvard University Press, 2015.
ISBN978-0-674-96785-4
This article includes a list of Greek mythological figures with the same or similar names. If an
internal link for a specific Greek mythology article referred you to this page, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended Greek mythology article, if one exists.
Iphitos, son of
Eurytus, king of
Oechalia. As
Iole's brother, he was
Heracles' brother-in-law and, according to one version of the myth, also his lover.[1]
Iphitos, an
Elean who was killed by
Copreus, son of Pelops, who fled from Elis after the murder and later on was purified by King
Eurystheus in
Mycenae.[9] According to the writer
Alcman, Iphitos along with
Lycurgus, belonged to the participants in the first
Olympic Games.[10]
Iphitos, an elderly Trojan during the Trojan War. In Book VIII of the Iliad, his son Archeptolemus suddenly becomes the charioteer of
Hector when
Eniopeus was killed by
Diomedes. However,
Teucer killed him in the same battle.[12] In Aeneid Book II,
Aeneas named Iphitos among half a dozen Trojan heroes who fight by his side during the fall of Troy. When the battle turned against them, Iphitos was the only one of these who remained standing. He was apparently by Aeneas's side until King
Priam was killed.[13] In some accounts, Iphitos was also the father of Coeranus who was killed by
Odysseus.[14]
Iphitos, king of
Elis, restored the
Olympic Games after the
Dorian invasion. The restoration came after he asked the
Oracle at Delphi about what should be done to save
Greece from civil war and the diseases that were killing the population. The Oracle answered: "Iphitos and the people of Elis must declare a sacred truce for the duration of the game and revive the Olympic Games".
^Tzetzes, John (2015). Allegories of the Iliad. Translated by Goldwyn, Adam; Kokkini, Dimitra. Harvard University Press, Cambridge, Massachusetts, London, England: Dumbarton Oaks Medieval Library. pp. 41, Prologue 540–541.
ISBN978-0-674-96785-4.
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.
Tzetzes, John, Allegories of the Iliad translated by Goldwyn, Adam J. and Kokkini, Dimitra. Dumbarton Oaks Medieval Library, Harvard University Press, 2015.
ISBN978-0-674-96785-4
This article includes a list of Greek mythological figures with the same or similar names. If an
internal link for a specific Greek mythology article referred you to this page, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended Greek mythology article, if one exists.