Iphicles

Role: brother of Hercules and father of Iolaus · First appears: Book 8 · Chapter 14

In Book 8, Chapter 14, Iphicles, the brother of Hercules and father of Iolaus, was wounded while Hercules fought Augeas and the people of Elis. His relations took him to Pheneus, where Buphagus and Promne cared for him; he died of his wound and was buried there.

Relationship record

Life events

• Iphicles was wounded fighting Augeas, taken to Pheneus, and buried after dying.(Book 8 · Chapter 14 · 📍 Pheneus)
  • With: Hercules Augeas Buphagus Promne
  • “And Iphicles the father of Iolaus, when Hercules fought his first battle against Augeas and the people of Elis, was wounded by the sons of Actor who were called Molinidæ from their mother Moline, and his relations conveyed him to Pheneus in a very bad condition, and there Buphagus (a native of Pheneus) and his wife Promne took care of him, and buried him as he died of his wound.”

Book 8 · Chapter 14

• siblings with Hercules “the tomb of Iphicles, the brother of Hercules and the father of Iolaus”
• child: Iolaus “the tomb of Iphicles, the brother of Hercules and the father of Iolaus”
• with Buphagus (Buphagus cared for the wounded Iphicles.) “there Buphagus (a native of Pheneus) and his wife Promne took care of him”
• with Promne (Promne cared for the wounded Iphicles.) “and his wife Promne took care of him”

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Extracted from the original text of Pausanias' Description of Greece. Made with Rho MD.