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  2. Iphicles - Wikipedia

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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 ]

  3. Iphiclus (mythology) - Wikipedia

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    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.

  4. Laonome - Wikipedia

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    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]

  5. Alcmene - Wikipedia

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    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.

  6. Pero (princess) - Wikipedia

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    Pero's beauty attracted many suitors, but Neleus, her father, refused to give his daughter to any man unless he could raid the cattle of Iphicles from Phylace. In this version of the story, an unnamed seer volunteers to undertake the task. The cowherds capture him and keep him for a year, until he makes a prophecy.

  7. Pyrrha (mythology) - Wikipedia

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    By Iphicles, Pyrrha became the mother of two unknown children who were later thrown into the fire by Heracles during the hero's fit of madness. [5] Together with her sister, Henioche, they erected statues for them near the temple of Ismenian Apollo in Thebes.

  8. Phylacus - Wikipedia

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    In Greek mythology, Phylacus (/ ˈ f ɪ l ə k ə s /; Ancient Greek: Φύλακος means "guardian" [1]) was the name of the following figures: . Phylacus, founder of the city of Phylace, Thessaly. [2]

  9. Amphitryon - Wikipedia

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    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 ]