Alipherus

Alipherus or Halipherus (Gr. 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]

References

  1. ↑ Schmitz, Leonhard (1867). "Alipherus". In William Smith. Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology. 1. Boston: Little, Brown and Company. p. 132.
  2. ↑ Psudo-Apollodorus, Bibliotheca iii. 8. § 1
  3. ↑ Pausanias, Description of Greece viii. 3. § 1, 26. § 4
  4. ↑ Stephanus of Byzantium, Ethnica, s.v. Ἀλίφειρα

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