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{{Short description|Set of mythological Greek characters}} In [[Greek mythology]], '''Antiphates''' ({{IPAc-en|æ|n|ˈ|t|ɪ|f|ə|t|iː|z}}; [[Ancient Greek]]: Ἀντιφάτης) is the name of five characters. * Antiphatês, son of [[Melampus]] and [[Iphianeira]], the daughter of [[Megapenthes]]. He married [[Zeuxippe]], the daughter of [[Hippocoon]]. Their children were [[Oecles]] and [[Amphalces]].<ref>[[Homer]], ''[[Odyssey]]'' [http://www.theoi.com/Text/HomerOdyssey15.html 15.238]; [[Diodorus Siculus]], [http://www.theoi.com/Text/DiodorusSiculus4D.html 4.68.5]</ref> *Antiphates, one of [[Achaeans (Homer)|Greek]] warriors who hid in the [[Trojan horse]].<ref>[[Tryphiodorus]], [http://www.theoi.com/Text/Tryphiodorus.html 152]</ref> * Antíphates, a [[Troy|Trojan]] warrior, slain by [[Leonteus (mythology)|Leonteus]], commander of the [[Lapiths]] during the [[Trojan War]].<ref>Homer, ''[[Iliad]]'' 12.191 ([http://www.gutenberg.org/dirs/etext00/iliad10.txt Project Gutenberg)]</ref> *Antiphates, [[Monarch|King]] of the [[Laestrygones]], a mythological tribe of gigantic cannibals.<ref>[[Bibliotheca (Pseudo-Apollodorus)|Apollodorus]], [[Epitome]] 7.12</ref> He was married and had a daughter. When he was visited by a scouting party sent by [[Odysseus]], he ate one of the men on the spot and raised a hue-and-cry to ensure most of the rest of Odysseus' company would be hunted down. *Antiphates, son of [[Sarpedon]], who accompanied [[Aeneas]] to [[Italy]] where he was killed by [[Turnus]].<ref>[[Virgil]], ''[[Aeneid]]'' 9.697</ref> ==Notes== {{Portal|Ancient Greece|Myths|}}{{Reflist}} == References == * [[Bibliotheca (Pseudo-Apollodorus)|Apollodorus]], ''The Library'' with an English Translation by Sir James George Frazer, F.B.A., F.R.S. in 2 Volumes, Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1921. ISBN 0-674-99135-4. [http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:1999.01.0022 Online version at the Perseus Digital Library.] [http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:1999.01.0021 Greek text available from the same website]. *[[Diodorus Siculus]], ''[[Bibliotheca historica|The Library of History]]'' translated by [[Charles Henry Oldfather]]. Twelve volumes. [[Loeb Classical Library]]. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard University Press; London: William Heinemann, Ltd. 1989. Vol. 3. Books 4.59–8. [https://penelope.uchicago.edu/Thayer/E/Roman/Texts/Diodorus_Siculus/home.html Online version at Bill Thayer's Web Site] * Diodorus Siculus, ''Bibliotheca Historica. Vol 1-2''. Immanel Bekker. Ludwig Dindorf. Friedrich Vogel. in aedibus B. G. Teubneri. Leipzig. 1888–1890. [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:2008.01.0540 Greek text available at the Perseus Digital Library]. *[[Homer]], [[Iliad|''The Iliad'']] with an English Translation by A.T. Murray, Ph.D. in two volumes. Cambridge, MA., Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann, Ltd. 1924. {{ISBN|978-0674995796|}}. [http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:1999.01.0134 Online version at the Perseus Digital Library.] *Homer, ''Homeri Opera'' in five volumes. Oxford, Oxford University Press. 1920. {{ISBN|978-0198145318|}}. [http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:1999.01.0133 Greek text available at the Perseus Digital Library]. * Homer, [[Odyssey|''The Odyssey'']] with an English Translation by A.T. Murray, PH.D. in two volumes. Cambridge, MA., Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann, Ltd. 1919. {{ISBN|978-0674995611|}}. [http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:1999.01.0136 Online version at the Perseus Digital Library.] [http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:1999.01.0135 Greek text available from the same website]. * [[Virgil|Publius Vergilius Maro]], ''[[Aeneid]].'' Theodore C. Williams. trans. Boston. Houghton Mifflin Co. 1910. [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.02.0054%3Abook%3D1%3Acard%3D1 Online version at the Perseus Digital Library.] * Publius Vergilius Maro, ''Bucolics, Aeneid, and Georgics''. J. B. Greenough. Boston. Ginn & Co. 1900. [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:1999.02.0055 Latin text available at the Perseus Digital Library]. * [[Tryphiodorus]], ''Capture of Troy'' translated by Mair, A. W. Loeb Classical Library Volume 219. London: William Heinemann Ltd, 1928. [http://www.theoi.com/Text/Tryphiodorus.html Online version at theoi.com] * Tryphiodorus, ''Capture of Troy'' with an English Translation by A.W. Mair. London, William Heinemann, Ltd.; New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons. 1928. [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:2008.01.0491 Greek text available at the Perseus Digital Library]. {{Characters in the Iliad}} {{Characters in the Odyssey}} {{Aeneid}} {{Greek myth index}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Antiphates}} [[Category:Princes in Greek mythology]] [[Category:Kings in Greek mythology]] [[Category:Achaeans (Homer)]] [[Category:Trojans]] [[Category:Characters in the Aeneid]] [[Category:Characters in the Odyssey]]
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