Iphition

American  

[ih-fish-ee-on] / ɪˈfɪʃ iˌɒn /

noun

1. (in theIliad ) a Trojan warrior slain by Achilles.

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Example Sentences

But Achilles leaped among the Trojans, clad with courage as to his soul, shouting dreadfully; and first slew gallant Iphition, son of Otrynteus, the leader of many people, whom the nymph Naïs bore to Otrynteus, the sacker of cities, under snowy Tmolus, in the rich district of Hyda.

From Project Gutenberg

Iphition next he slew:   He quelled Hippomedon, Hippasus' bold son,   Whom Ocyone the Nymph had borne beside   Sangarius' river-flow.

From Project Gutenberg

But Achilles sprang in among the Trojans, his heart clothed with strength, crying his terrible cry, and first he took Iphition, Otrynteus' valiant son, a leader of much people, born of a Naiad nymph to Otrynteus waster of cities, beneath snowy Tmolos, in Hyde's rich domain.

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