Iphitus

American  

[if-i-tuhs, ahy-fi-] / ˈɪf ɪ təs, ˈaɪ fɪ- /

Or Iphitos

noun

Classical Mythology.

1. a son of Eurytus, thrown to his death off the walls of Tiryns by Hercules.

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Iphitus

We now proceed immediately to the Messenian wars, since it is hardly possible to find one independent event between the commencement of them and the time of Iphitus.

From The History and Antiquities of the Doric Race, Vol. 1 of 2 by Müller, Karl Otfried

But a long gap was admitted between these mythical glories and the revival of the games by his descendant Iphitus, king of Elis.

From Problems in Greek history by Mahaffy, John Pentland

The Olympiads were reckoned only from the year 776, B. C., although the games had been revived by Iphitus more than a century earlier.

From The Student's Mythology A Compendium of Greek, Roman, Egyptian, Assyrian, Persian, Hindoo, Chinese, Thibetian, Scandinavian, Celtic, Aztec, and Peruvian Mythologies by White, Catherine Ann

Notwithstanding all this, Hermippus tells us that he had no hand in the ordinance; that Iphitus made it, and Lycurgus came only as a spectator, and that by mere accident too.

From Plutarch: Lives of the noble Grecians and Romans by Clough, Arthur Hugh

For since he quelled the might of Iphitus, We here in Trachis dwell, far from our home, Dependent on a stranger, but where he Is gone, none knoweth.

From The Seven Plays in English Verse by Sophocles