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In Greek mythology, Iphicles (/ ˈ ɪ f ɪ ˌ k l iː z / or / ˈ aɪ f ɪ ˌ k l iː z /; Ancient Greek: Ἰφικλῆς Iphiklēs), also called Iphiclus, was the maternal half-brother of Heracles and one of the Calydonian boar hunters.
13 wrz 2019 · Both Iphicles and his more famous brother, Hercules, played a massive role in Greek mythology. Their relationship as brothers is inspiring, and they will always be in the stories told by the Greeks. If you want to read more about either Hercules or Iphicles, or both, you should read the poem The Iliad, by Homer, which is a historical source for ...
He was a descendant and half-brother (as they are both sired by the god Zeus) of Perseus. He was the greatest of the Greek heroes, the ancestor of royal clans who claimed to be Heracleidae (Ἡρακλεῖδαι), and a champion of the Olympian order against chthonic monsters.
15 lis 2022 · Iphicles (sometimes spelled Iphiclus) was the twin half-brother of the Greek hero Heracles. Trust me, that can make sense: Iphicles’s parents were his mother, Alcmene, and his human father, Amphitryon. Heracles’s mother was Alcmene, but his father was Zeus.
13 maj 2024 · Hercules also had a close but complicated relationship with his half-brother Iphicles, who was Alcmene’s son with Amphitryon. Unlike Hercules, Iphicles did not inherit any divine powers.
5 lip 2023 · Iphicles was the son of Alcmene and Amphitryon and thus the half-brother of Heracles. Despite having different fathers, the two heroes were considered twins, conceived on the same night. Iphicles married Automedusa, the daughter of Alcathous.
Iolaus, ancient Greek hero, the nephew, charioteer, and assistant of Heracles. He was the son of Iphicles, himself mortal half brother of Heracles by the same mother, Alcmene. Iolaus aided Heracles in his second Labour, the slaying of the Hydra and its ally the crab.
