Pausanias' Description of Greece

Lipephile

Role: mythical woman · First appears: Book 9 · Chapter 40

In Book 9, Chapter 40, Phylas married Lipephile, daughter of Iolaus, who was described as resembling “the goddesses of Olympus.” Lipephile bore Hippotes and Thero; Thero later bore Chæron with Apollo.

Relationship record

Book 9 · Chapter 40

  • married with Phylas “Phylas married Lipephile the daughter of the famous Iolaus, who resembled in appearance the goddesses of Olympus.”
  • parent: Iolaus “Phylas married Lipephile the daughter of the famous Iolaus, who resembled in appearance the goddesses of Olympus.”
  • child: Hippotes “She bare Hippotes in her bower, and lovely Thero bright as the stars, who falling into the arms of Apollo bare mighty Chæron tamer of horses.”
  • child: Thero “She bare Hippotes in her bower, and lovely Thero bright as the stars, who falling into the arms of Apollo bare mighty Chæron tamer of horses.”

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