person
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.
Reading notes
- The Odyssey §21.1 Iphitus son of Eurytus
Gave young Odysseus his father's great bow as a guest-gift at Messene; Heracles later murdered him for the mares he was seeking, ending the friendship between their houses before it could deepen.