Editing Antiphus

{{short description|Set of mythological Greek characters}}
In [[Greek mythology]], '''Antiphus''' or '''Ántiphos''' ([[Help:IPA/English|/ˈæntəfəs/]]; [[Ancient Greek]]: Ἄντιφος) is a name attributed to multiple individuals:

*Antiphus, a [[Phthia]]n prince as the son of King [[Myrmidon (hero)|Myrmidon]] and [[Peisidice]], and brother of [[Actor (mythology)|Actor]].<ref>[[Bibliotheca (Pseudo-Apollodorus)|Apollodorus]], [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Apollod.+1.7.3&fromdoc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.01.0022:book=1:chapter=7&highlight=Antiphus 1.7.3]</ref> He may be the same with Antippus, the father of [[Hippeia|Hippea]] who became the mother of [[Polyphemus (Argonaut)|Polyphemus]], [[Caeneus]] and [[Ischys]] by [[Elatus]], king of the [[Lapiths]].<ref>[[Gaius Julius Hyginus|Hyginus]], ''Fabulae'' [https://topostext.org/work/206#97 14]</ref>
*Antiphus, the [[Thespiae|Thespian]] son of [[Heracles]] and [[Laothoe]],<ref>Apollodorus, [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Apollod.+2.7.8&fromdoc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.01.0022:book=0:chapter=0&highlight=Antiphus 2.7.8]</ref> daughter of King [[Thespius]] of [[Thespiae]].<ref>Apollodorus, 2.4.10</ref> Antiphus and his 49 half-brothers were born of Thespius' daughters who were impregnated by Heracles in one night,<ref>[[Pausanias (geographer)|Pausanias]], 9.27.6–7; Gregorius Nazianzenus, ''Orat.'' IV, ''Contra Julianum'' I (Migne ''S. Gr.'' 35.661)</ref> for a week<ref>[[Athenaeus]], 13.4 with [[Herodorus]] as the authority; [[Diodorus Siculus]], 4.29.3, [https://penelope.uchicago.edu/Thayer/E/Roman/Texts/Diodorus_Siculus/4B*.html#note51 f.n. 51]</ref> or in the course of 50 days<ref>Apollodorus, 2.4.10; Diodorus Siculus, [https://penelope.uchicago.edu/Thayer/E/Roman/Texts/Diodorus_Siculus/4B*.html#29.3 4.29.3]; [[John Tzetzes|Tzetzes]], ''Chiliades'' [http://www.theoi.com/Text/TzetzesChiliades2.html 2.224]</ref> while hunting for the [[Lion of Cithaeron|Cithaeronian lion]].<ref>Apollodorus, 2.4.9–10</ref> Later on, the hero sent a message to Thespius to keep seven of these sons and send three of them in [[Thebes, Greece|Thebes]] while the remaining forty, joined by [[Iolaus]], were dispatched to the island of [[Sardinia]] to found a colony.<ref>Apollodorus, 2.7.6</ref>
*Antiphus, a defender of [[Thebes, Greece|Thebes]] in the war of the [[Seven against Thebes]] who was killed by [[Amphiaraus]] and [[Apollo]].<ref>[[Statius]], ''[[Thebaid]]'' 7.755</ref>
*Antiphus, son of [[Thessalus]], the son of [[Heracles]], and [[Chalciope]]. With his brother [[Pheidippus]], Antiphus lead the forces of [[Kalymnos|Calydnae]], [[Kos|Cos]], [[Karpathos|Carpathus]], [[Kasos|Casus]] and [[Nisyros|Nisyrus]] on the side of the Greeks against [[Troy]]. He was also believed to have invaded a region of Greece that he named [[Thessaly]] after his father.<ref>[[Homer]], ''[[Iliad]]'' 2.172-176 Robert Fagles Translation; Apollodorus, [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Apollod.+Epit.+e.6.15&fromdoc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.01.0022:book=6&highlight=Antiphus E.6.15]; Hyginus, ''Fabulae'' [https://topostext.org/work/206#97 97]</ref>
*Antiphus, a [[Troy|Trojan]] prince as one of the 50 [[List of children of Priam|sons]] of King [[Priam]] and son of [[Hecuba]].<ref>Homer, ''Iliad'' 4.489; Apollodorus, 3.12.5; [[Dictys Cretensis]], [https://topostext.org/work/152#4.7 4.7]</ref> During the [[Trojan War]], he killed Leucus, and later was killed by [[Agamemnon]].<ref>Homer, ''Iliad'' 4.489</ref> In another account, Antiphus and his brothers, [[Agavus]], [[Agathon (mythology)|Agathon]], and [[Glaucus (mythology)|Glaucus]], were all slain by [[Ajax the Great|Ajax]], son of [[Telamon]].<ref>Dictys Cretensis, [https://topostext.org/work/152#4.7 4.7]</ref>
*Antiphus of [[Maeonia]], son of [[Talaemenes]] and brother of [[Mesthles]]; both he and his brother were allies of [[Priam]] in the [[Trojan War]].<ref>Homer, ''Iliad'' 2.864; Apollodorus, [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Apollod.+Epit.+e.3.35&fromdoc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.01.0022:book=3&highlight=Antiphus E.3.35]</ref>
*Antiphus, son of [[Aegyptius (mythology)|Aegyptius]] and brother of [[Eurynomus (mythology)|Eurynomus]]. He was a Greek commander who sailed from Troy with [[Odysseus]]. Having previously escaped death at the hand of [[Eurypylus (son of Telephus)|Eurypylus]] (son of [[Telephus]]), Antiphos was devoured by [[Polyphemus]].<ref>Homer, ''[[Odyssey]]'' 2.15-20; [[Quintus Smyrnaeus]], 8.125</ref>
*Antiphus, an old friend of the house of [[Odysseus]].<ref>Homer, ''Odyssey'' 17.68</ref>

The name Antiphus is not to be confused with Antiphōs (Ἀντίφως), which refers to a soldier in the army of the [[Seven against Thebes]] who killed [[Chromis (mythology)|Chromis]] but was himself killed by Hypseus.<ref>Statius, ''Thebaid'' 9.252</ref>

== Notes ==
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== References ==

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* [[Athenaeus|Athenaeus of Naucratis]], ''[[Deipnosophistae|The Deipnosophists]] or Banquet of the Learned.'' London. Henry G. Bohn, York Street, Covent Garden. 1854. [http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:2013.01.0003 Online version at the Perseus Digital Library].
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* [[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. [http://penelope.uchicago.edu/Thayer/E/Roman/Texts/Diodorus_Siculus/home.html Online version at Bill Thayer's Web Site]
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*[[Gaius Julius Hyginus]], ''Fabulae from The Myths of Hyginus'' translated and edited by Mary Grant. University of Kansas Publications in Humanistic Studies. [https://topostext.org/work/206 Online version at the Topos Text Project.]
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