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

But he could not forget the horrible Chim�ra, which he had promised King Iobates to slay.

From A Wonder Book and Tanglewood Tales For girls and boys by Hawthorne, Nathaniel

But he could-195- not forget the horrible Chim�ra, which he had promised King Iobates to slay.

From A Wonder Book for Girls & Boys by Hawthorne, Nathaniel

But the day after Bellerophon arrived at the palace of King Iobates, he was sent out to hunt down and kill the Chimaera.

From Wonder Stories The Best Myths for Boys and Girls by Bailey, Carolyn Sherwin

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

As the subjects of King Iobates appealed to him for protection from the Chimaera a sudden thought came to him.

From Wonder Stories The Best Myths for Boys and Girls by Bailey, Carolyn Sherwin