Iphthime, daughter of
Icarius, a sister of
Penelope and
Perileos. She became the wife of
Eumelus from
Pherae and possibly, the mother of his son,
Zeuxippus.[2] In
Homer's Odyssey,[3]Athena creates an image in Iphthime's likeness and sends this to a sleeping Penelope. This image conveys encouragement to Penelope after the latter confides in it her worries for her husband
Odysseus and her son
Telemachus.
Scholiasts on Homer inform that she was also known under several other names:
Hypsipyle,
Mede,
Laodice or
Laodamia, and that her mother was
Asterodia.[4]
The name is the feminine form of the adjective ἴφθιμος, which is a Homeric epithet of vague meaning, usually connoting something like robustness or faithfulness when applied to a female human.
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.
Iphthime, daughter of
Icarius, a sister of
Penelope and
Perileos. She became the wife of
Eumelus from
Pherae and possibly, the mother of his son,
Zeuxippus.[2] In
Homer's Odyssey,[3]Athena creates an image in Iphthime's likeness and sends this to a sleeping Penelope. This image conveys encouragement to Penelope after the latter confides in it her worries for her husband
Odysseus and her son
Telemachus.
Scholiasts on Homer inform that she was also known under several other names:
Hypsipyle,
Mede,
Laodice or
Laodamia, and that her mother was
Asterodia.[4]
The name is the feminine form of the adjective ἴφθιμος, which is a Homeric epithet of vague meaning, usually connoting something like robustness or faithfulness when applied to a female human.
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.