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Iphidamas

In Greek mythology, the name Iphidamas may refer to:Iphidamas, also known as Amphidamas, son of Aleus and counted as one of the Argonauts. Iphidamas, 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.

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

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  1. The Orphic Argonautica 138, translated by Jason Colavito, derived from his text at argonauts-book.com, copyright 2011, used by permission of the translator. The Greek text is available at PoesiaLatina.it.
  2. Pherecydes in scholia on Apollonius Rhodius, 4.1396
  3. Homer, Iliad 11.221 & 261; Pausanias, 4.36.4 & 5.19.4
  4. Pausanias, 10.27.4
  5. Apollodorus, E.3.34; Homer, Iliad 2.823, 11.60 & 12.100
  6. 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. 61, Prologue 806–807, p. 219, 11.44–46. ISBN 978-0-674-96785-4.
  7. 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. 219, 11.44–46. ISBN 978-0-674-96785-4.
  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. Translated by Goldwyn, Adam; Kokkini, Dimitra. Harvard University Press, Cambridge, Massachusetts, London, England: Dumbarton Oaks Medieval Library. pp. 61, Prologue 806–807. ISBN 978-0-674-96785-4.
  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. Translated by Goldwyn, Adam; Kokkini, Dimitra. Harvard University Press, Cambridge, Massachusetts, London, England: Dumbarton Oaks Medieval Library. pp. 283, 15.193. ISBN 978-0-674-96785-4.
  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 113
  23. Apollodorus, E.7.26–27
  24. Apollodorus, E.7.33
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