Iphis (disambiguation)
Iphis (Greek Ἶφις ) is an ancient Greek personal name, meaning strong or powerful. The name has been used both for men than for women.
Male namesakes:
- Iphis, the son of Alektor, King of Argos
- Iphis, son of Sthenelus and Nikippe, an Argonaut
- Iphis ( Shepherd ), who committed suicide due to Anaxarete of unrequited love.
- Iphis, a Theban warrior who was killed in the train of the Seven against Thebes of Akamas.
Female namesakes:
- Iphis, daughter of Ligdus and Telethusa in Ovid 's Metamorphoses in
- Iphis, daughter of Thespios and Megamede, wife of Heracles and mother of Keleustanor
- Iphis, lover of Patroclus, was robbed of Achilles during the conquest of Skyros, which then gave Patroclus.
- Iphis, name of the daughter of Jephthah in George Frideric Handel's Jephtha
See also:
- Iphis, first opera by Elena Kats- Chernin
- Iphis et Iante, comedy by Isaac de Benserade
- Iphis - flycatchers, a Singvogelart
- Disambiguation