Editing Iolaus (section)

== Family ==
Iolaus was the son of [[Iphicles]] and [[Automedusa (mythology)|Automedusa]], daughter of King [[Alcathous of Megara|Alcathous]] of [[Megara]]. According to [[Plutarch]], Heracles gave his wife, [[Megara (mythology)|Megara]], age thirty three, to Iolaus, then only sixteen years old.<ref>Plutarch, ''Moralia'' "The Dialogue on Love / ''Erotikos'' / ''Amatoria''", Loeb, IX, [https://archive.org/details/plutarchs-moralia-vol.-9-loeb-425/page/n181/mode/2up p.339]</ref> According to Pausanias, who cites Hesiod as the source, they had a daughter, [[Leipephilene]],<ref>Pausanias, ''Description of Greece'' [http://data.perseus.org/citations/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0525.tlg001.perseus-eng1:9.40 9.40.5-6].</ref> though the name is corrupt and has been amended by various editors to "Leipephile" (Λειπεφίλη), "Hippophile" (Ἱπποφίλη) or "Deiphile" (Δηιφίλη).<ref>''[[Realencyclopädie der Classischen Altertumswissenschaft]]'', Band VA, Halbband 10, Thapsos-Thesara (1934), s. 2444, s. v. ''Thero''</ref> Through this daughter, Iolaus was considered to have fathered the mythic and historic line of the kings of [[Corinth]], ending with [[Bacchiadae|Telestes]].{{Citation needed|date=March 2025}}

[[Image:Heracles, Iolaus and Eros - Cista Ficoroni foot.jpg|thumb|200px|Repoussé and engraved relief of Hercules (right), [[Eros]] (center) and Iolaus (left) on the Ficoroni cista.{{Citation needed|date=April 2019}}<br>4th century BC [[Etruscan civilization|Etruscan]] ritual vessel]]