Iphicles

Family: Thebes · Role: son of Amphitryon · First appears: Apollodorus, Library 1.8

Life events

Hercules killed his children, condemned himself to exile, and was assigned ten labours serving Eurystheus.(Apollodorus, Library 2.4 · 📍 Tiryns)
- With: Heracles Megara Hera Thespius Eurystheus
- “Now it came to pass that after the battle with the Minyans Hercules was driven mad through the jealousy of Hera and flung his own children, whom he had by Megara, and two children of Iphicles into the fire; wherefore he condemned himself to exile, and was purified by Thespius, and repairing to Delphi he inquired of the god where he should dwell. The Pythian priestess then first called him Hercules, for hitherto he was called Alcides. And she told him to dwell in Tiryns, serving Eurystheus for twelve years and to perform the ten labours imposed on him”

parent: Alcmena “and Iphicles, whom she had by Amphitryon.”
child: Iolaus “Iphicles, who already had a son Iolaus by Automedusa, daughter of Alcathus.”
siblings with Heracles “Alcmena bore two sons, to wit, Hercules ... and Iphicles”
with Creon (interaction) “Creon gave his younger daughter to Iphicles”

Extracted from the original text of Greek Mythology. Made with Rho MD.