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Iphitus

also: Ἴφιτος

Son of Eurytus, who gave young Odysseus his father's great bow as a guest-gift after meeting him at Messene while searching for lost mares; Heracles later murdered Iphitus in his own house for those same mares.

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Mentioned in 2 works (4 mentions)

The Iliad poem · 3 mentions
The Odyssey poem · 1 mention

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