In Greek mythology, Iphiclus (, Ancient Greek: Ἴφικλος Iphiklos) was the name of the following figures:
- Iphiclus, other name for Iphicles, son of Alcmene and Amphitryon.
- Iphiclus, a Pleuronian prince as the son of King Thestius[1] and either Laophonte,[2] Leucippe,[3] Deidameia[4] or Eurythemis.[5] He was the brother of Althaea, Leda, Hypermnestra, Evippus, Plexippus and Eurypylus. Iphitus was one of the Argonauts,[6] and a participant in the hunt for the Calydonian Boar, where he was killed by Meleager.
- Iphiclus, a Phylacean prince as the son of the eponymous King Phylacus[7] of Phylace and Clymene, and brother of Alcimede[8] and Clymenus. He was the father of Protesilaus and Podarces by Diomedeia.[9] Hesiod described him as fleet of foot. Iphiclus was cured of infertility by Melampus, and gave him his famous herd of oxen in reward.[10] He was counted among the Argonauts who sailed for Colchis in their quest of the Golden Fleece.[11]
- Iphiclus, a Cretan prince as the son of King Idomeneus and Meda, probably the brother of Orsilochus, Cleisithyra and Lycus. Together with the latter, they were slain by the usurper Leucus.[12]
- ^ Apollodorus, 1.9.16
- ^ Scholiast ad Apollonius of Rhodes, 1.146 with Alcman, fr. 15 as authority
- ^ Hyginus, Fabulae 14
- ^ Scholia ad Apollonius Rhodius, 1.201
- ^ Apollodorus, 1.8.3
- ^ Apollodorus, 1.9.16; Valerius Flaccus, 1.370; Orphic Argonautica 158
- ^ Apollonius Rhodius, 1.46-48
- ^ Apollonius Rhodius, 1.46-48
- ^ Homer, Iliad 2.704–706 & 13.698; Hyginus, Fabulae 103
- ^ Apollodorus, 1.9.12
- ^ Apollonius Rhodius, 1.45; Valerius Flaccus, 1.370
- ^ Tzetzes ad Lycophron, 1218