Alipherus

Alipherus or Halipherus (Ancient Greek: Ἀλίφηρος) was in Greek mythology one of the sons of Lycaon.[1] He was killed, along with his brothers, by a lightning bolt, for his insolence.[2] The town of Alifeira in Greece was traditionally believed to have been founded by this Alipherus, and to have derived its name from him.[3][4]

Notes

  1. Schmitz, Leonhard (1867). "Alipherus". In William Smith (ed.). Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology. 1. Boston: Little, Brown and Company. p. 132.
  2. Pseudo-Apollodorus, Bibliotheca 3.8.1
  3. Pausanias, Graeciae Descriptio 8.3.1 & 8.26.4
  4. Stephanus of Byzantium, Ethnica s.v. Ἀλίφειρα

References

 This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Smith, William, ed. (1870). "Alipherus". Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology.


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