Iphis
Ἶφις
(Ἶφις).
1. A son of Alector, and a descendant of Megapenthes, tlle son of Proetus. He was king of Argos, and from him were deseended Eteoclus and Evadne, the wife of Capaneus. (Paus. 2.18.4, 10.10.2; Apollod. 3.7.1; Schol. ad Pind. Ol. 6.46.) He advised Polyneiees to induce Amphiaraus to take part in the expedition against Thebes, by giving the famous necklace to Eriphyle. (Apollod. 3.6.2.) As lie lost his two children, he left his kingdom to Sthenelus, the son of Capaneus. (Paus. 2.18.4; Eur. Supp. 1034, &c.)
From William Smith (ed.), Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology. Text provided under a CC BY-SA license by Perseus Digital Library, http://www.perseus.tufts.edu, with funding from the National Endowment for the Humanities and Tufts University. Data accessed from https://github.com/PerseusDL/canonical-pdlrefwk/ on 17 October 2026.