Iphiclus son of Amphitryon
Role: son of Amphitryon and Alcmena; twin brother of Heracles · First appears: The Shield of Heracles · Part 1
In The Shield of Heracles, Part 1, at seven-gated Thebe, Alcmena gave birth to twin sons, Heracles and Iphiclus, by different fathers. Amphitryon was Iphiclus’s father; the poem says that he and Heracles “were not of one spirit,” describing Iphiclus as weaker and Heracles as mighty.
Relationship record
Life events
- Amphitryon returned home and lay with Alcmena; their son Iphiclus was born as one of her twins.(The Shield of Heracles · Part 1 · 📍 Thebe)
- With: Amphitryon Alcmena
- “And all night long he lay with his modest wife, delighting in the gifts of golden Aphrodite.”
- Alcmena gave birth to twin sons, Heracles and Iphiclus, of different fathers.(The Shield of Heracles · Part 1 · 📍 seven-gated Thebe)
The Shield of Heracles · Part 1
- parent: Amphitryon “Him she bare through the embrace of the son of Cronos lord of dark clouds and the other, Iphiclus, of Amphitryon the spear-wielder—offspring distinct, this one of union with a mortal man, but that other of union with Zeus, leader of all the gods.”
- parent: Alcmena “So in one night Zeus shared the bed and love of the neat-ankled daughter of Electyron and fulfilled his desire; and in the same night Amphitryon, gatherer of the people, the glorious hero, came to his house when he had ended his great task. He hastened not to go to his bondmen and shepherds afield, but first went in unto his wife: such desire took hold on the shepherd of the people. And as a man who has escaped joyfully from misery, whether of sore disease or cruel bondage, so then did Amphitryon, when he had wound up all his heavy task, come glad and welcome to his home. And all night long he lay with his modest wife, delighting in the gifts of golden Aphrodite. And she, being subject in love to a god and to a man exceeding goodly, brought forth twin sons in seven-gated Thebe.”
- siblings with Heracles “Though they were brothers, these were not of one spirit; for one was weaker but the other a far better man, one terrible and strong, the mighty Heracles.”
- child: Iolaus “even your father and I.”
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Extracted from the original text of Hesiod and Homerica. Made with Rho MD.