Alipherus

Alipherus
Eponymous King of Aliphera
Member of the Arcadian Royal Family
AbodeArcadia
Genealogy
ParentsLycaon and Cyllene or Nonacris
SiblingsAcacus, Aseatas, Caucon, Ceteus, Charisius, Cleitor, Cromus, Daseatas, Eleuther, Euaemon, Haemon, Helisson, Heraeus, Hypsus, Lebadus, Lycius, Macar, Macedon, Maenalus, Mantineus, Melaeneus, Nyctimus, Oenotrus, Orchomenus, Orestheus, Pallas, Parrhasius, Peraethus, Phigalus, Phthius, Stymphalus, Tegeates, Thesprotus, Thocnus, Thyraeus, Trapezeus, Tricolonus, etc.

Alipherus[pronunciation?] or Halipherus (Ancient Greek: Ἀλίφηρος or Ἀλιφήρου) was in Greek mythology, an Arcadian prince as one of the 50 sons of the impious King Lycaon[1][2] either by the naiad Cyllene,[3] Nonacris[4] or by unknown woman.

  1. ^ Schmitz, Leonhard (1867). "Alipherus". In William Smith (ed.). Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology. Vol. 1. Boston: Little, Brown and Company. p. 132.
  2. ^ Pausanias, 8.26.6
  3. ^ Dionysius of Halicarnassus, Antiquitates Romanae 1.13.1
  4. ^ Pausanias, 8.17.6