Iphidamas

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In Greek mythology, the name Iphidamas (Ancient Greek: Ἰφιδάμας, gen. Ἰφιδάμαντος) may refer to:

• Iphidamas, also known as Amphidamas, son of Aleus and counted as one of the Argonauts.
• Iphidamas (or Amphidamas), a son of Busiris killed by Heracles.
• Iphidamas, a son of Antenor and Theano, and the brother of Crino, Acamas, Agenor, Antheus, Archelochus, Coön, Demoleon, Eurymachus, Glaucus, Helicaon, Laodamas, Laodocus, Medon, Polybus, and Thersilochus. He was raised in Thrace by his maternal grandfather Cisseus, who sought to make him stay at home when the Trojan War broke out, by giving him his daughter in marriage for a bride price of a hundred cows and a thousand goats and sheep. Nevertheless, Iphidamas did leave for Troy the next day after the wedding. He led twelve ships, but left them at Percote and came to Troy by land. He confronted Agamemnon in battle, but his spear bent against the opponent's silver belt, whereupon Agamemnon killed Iphidamas with a sword and stripped him of his armor. Then, the Achaean king also fought and killed Iphidamas’ brother Coön, who attempted to avenge his death.
• Iphidamas, one of the Suitors of Penelope who came from Dulichium along with other 56 wooers. He, with the other suitors, was slain by Odysseus with the aid of Eumaeus, Philoetius, and Telemachus.

Notes

References

• 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. ISBN 0-674-99135-4. Online version at the Perseus Digital Library. Greek text available from the same website.
• Dictys Cretensis, from The Trojan War. The Chronicles of Dictys of Crete and Dares the Phrygian translated by Richard McIlwaine Frazer, Jr. (1931-). Indiana University Press. 1966. Online version at the Topos Text Project.
• 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.
• 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.
• The Orphic Argonautica, translated by Jason Colavito. Online version at the Topos Text Project. 2011.
• Pausanias, Description of Greece with an English Translation by W.H.S. Jones, Litt.D., and H.A. Ormerod, M.A., in 4 Volumes. Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1918. . Online version at the Perseus Digital Library
• Pausanias, Graeciae Descriptio. 3 vols. Leipzig, Teubner. 1903. Greek text available at the Perseus Digital Library.
• Publius Vergilius Maro, Aeneid. Theodore C. Williams. trans. Boston. Houghton Mifflin Co. 1910. Online version at the Perseus Digital Library.
• Publius Vergilius Maro, Bucolics, Aeneid, and Georgics. J. B. Greenough. Boston. Ginn & Co. 1900. Latin text available at the Perseus Digital Library.
• Tzetzes, John, Allegories of the Iliad translated by Goldwyn, Adam J. and Kokkini, Dimitra. Dumbarton Oaks Medieval Library, Harvard University Press, 2015.

References

1. ''[[Orphic Argonautica
2. [[Pherecydes of Athens. Pherecydes]] in scholia on [[Apollonius Rhodius]], 4.1396
3. [[Homer]], ''[[Iliad]]'' 11.221 & 261; [[Pausanias (geographer). Pausanias]], 4.36.4 & 5.19.4
4. Pausanias, 10.27.4
5. [[Bibliotheca (Pseudo-Apollodorus). Apollodorus]], E.3.34; Homer, ''Iliad'' 2.823, 11.60 & 12.100
6. [[Tzetzes. (2015). "Allegories of the Iliad". Dumbarton Oaks Medieval Library.
7. Tzetzes, John. (2015). "Allegories of the Iliad". Dumbarton Oaks Medieval Library.
8. Homer, ''Iliad'' 11.59, 21.545 & 579
9. Tzetzes on [[Lycophron]], 134
10. Apollodorus, E.3.34; Homer, ''Iliad'' 2.823, 12.100 & 14.464
11. Tzetzes, John. (2015). "Allegories of the Iliad". Dumbarton Oaks Medieval Library.
12. Homer, ''Iliad'' 11.248 & 256, 19.53
13. Homer, ''Iliad'' 20.395
14. Pausanias, 10.27.3
15. [[Virgil]], ''[[Aeneid]]'' 6.484; Apollodorus, Epitome 5.21; [[Dictys Cretensis]], 4.7; Pausanias, 10.27.3
16. Homer, ''Iliad'' 3.123
17. Homer, ''Iliad'' 15.516
18. Tzetzes, John. (2015). "Allegories of the Iliad". Dumbarton Oaks Medieval Library.
19. Homer, ''Iliad'' 4.87
20. Virgil, ''Aeneid'' 6.484
21. Homer, ''Iliad'' 11.59
22. Homer, ''Iliad'' 11.221–248, referenced in Pausanias, 4.36.4 & 5.19.4; [[Hyginus (Fabulae). Hyginus]], ''Fabulae'' [https://topostext.org/work/206#113 113]
23. Apollodorus, E.7.26–27
24. Apollodorus, E.7.33

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