Alipherus

A son of Lycaon, killed by Zeus with lightning bolts for his impiety. Alipherus is said to have founded the town of Alipheira in Arcadia, which derived its name from him.1

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References

Notes

  1. Pausanias. Description of Greece viii, 3.1, 26.4; Stephanus of Byzantium, s.v. Ἀλίφειρα.

Sources

  • Bartelink, Dr. G.J.M. (1988). Prisma van de mythologie. Utrecht: Het Spectrum.
  • Pseudo-Apollodorus. The Library iii, 8.1.
  • Smith, William. (1870). Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology. London: Taylor, Walton, and Maberly.