Iobates

American  

[ahy-ob-uh-teez, ee-ob-] / aɪˈɒb əˌtiz, iˈɒb- /

noun

Classical Mythology.

1. a Lycian king commissioned by his son-in-law, Proetus, to kill Bellerophon: after surviving ordeals designed to destroy him, Bellerophon was believed to be divinely protected, and Iobates gave him half his kingdom.

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Example Sentences

Iobates sent the youth on dangerous errands, but he came off unharmed from all.

From Character Sketches of Romance, Fiction and the Drama, Vol. 1 A Revised American Edition of the Reader's Handbook by Brewer, Ebenezer Cobham

But he could not forget the horrible Chimera which he had promised King Iobates to slay.

From Journeys Through Bookland, Vol. 2 by Sylvester, Charles Herbert

But as soon as one work was done King Iobates found another.

From Classic Myths by Judd, Mary Catherine

His king gave him letters on parchment to take to King Iobates of Lycia.

From Classic Myths by Judd, Mary Catherine

Iobates, in consequence, imposed upon him the task of slaying the Chimæra, persuaded that this monster would be the death of him.

From The Nuttall Encyclopædia Being a Concise and Comprehensive Dictionary of General Knowledge by Nuttall, P. Austin