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Iphicles was the son of Alcmene and her human husband Amphitryon, whereas Heracles was her son by Zeus. He also had a sister, Laonome , who married Euphemus or Polyphemus . Iphicles was the father of Heracles' charioteer Iolaus by his first wife, Automedusa , daughter of Alcathous . [ 2 ]
Laonome, daughter of Amphitryon and Alcmene (thus granddaughter of the precedent), sister of Iphicles and half-sister of Heracles. She married an Argonaut, either Euphemus [4] [5] or Polyphemus. [6] Laonome, mother by Hodoedocus of Kalliaros, eponym of the city Kalliaros in Locris. [7]
He was renamed Heracles in an unsuccessful attempt to mollify Hera, with Heracles meaning Hera's "pride" or "glory". He and his twin were just eight months old when Hera sent two giant snakes into the children's chamber. Iphicles cried from fear, but his brother grabbed a snake in each hand and strangled them.
Iphiclus, other name for Iphicles, son of Alcmene and Amphitryon. Iphiclus, a Pleuronian prince as the son of King Thestius [1] and either Laophonte, [2] Leucippe, [3] Deidameia [4] or Eurythemis. [5] He was the brother of Althaea, Leda, Hypermnestra, Evippus, Plexippus and Eurypylus.
In Greek mythology, Alcmene (/ æ l k ˈ m iː n iː / alk-MEE-nee; Attic Greek: Ἀλκμήνη, romanized: Alkmḗnē) or Alcmena (/ æ l k ˈ m iː n ə / alk-MEE-nə; Doric Greek: Ἀλκμάνα, romanized: Alkmána; Latin: Alcumena; meaning "strong in wrath" [1]) was the wife of Amphitryon, by whom she bore two children, Iphicles and Laonome.
Only Iphicles was the son of Amphitryon - in a case of heteropaternal superfecundation, Heracles was the son of Zeus, who had visited Alcmene during Amphitryon's absence. Zeus, disguised as Amphitryon, described the victory over the sons of Pterelaus in such convincing detail that Alcmene accepted him as her betrothed. [ 3 ]
Hercules: The Legendary Journeys is an American television series based on the tales of the classical Greek hero, produced from January 16, 1995, to November 22, 1999. It had two spin-off series: Xena: Warrior Princess, which ran from 1995 to 2001, and the prequel Young Hercules, which ran in 1998 and 1999.
Iolaus and Hercules become involved in a feud between war veterans and Hercules' half-brother, King Iphicles. But they are all in danger when the action moves to a prison surrounded by deadly sand-sharks.