Iphthime

In Greek mythology, the name Iphthime /ɪpˈθaɪmiː/[1] (Ancient Greek: Ἰφθίμη Iphthīmē) refers to:

• Iphthime, daughter of Icarius, a sister of Penelope and Perileos. She became the wife of Eumelus from Pherae and possibly, the mother of his son, Zeuxippus[2]. In Homer's Odyssey,[3] Athena creates an image in Iphthime's likeness and sends this to a sleeping Penelope. This image conveys encouragement to Penelope after the latter confides in it her worries for her husband Odysseus and her son Telemachus. Scholiasts on Homer inform that she was also known under several other names: Hypsipyle, Mede, Laodice or Laodamia, and that her mother was Asterodia.[4]
• Iphthime, daughter of Dorus, mother of the Satyrs Lycus, Pherespondus and Pronomus by Hermes.[5]

See also

• 16974 Iphthime, Trojan asteroid

References

1. Noah Webster (1884) A Practical Dictionary of the English Language
2. Scholia on Plato, Symposium, 208d, citing Hellanicus
3. Homer, Odyssey, 4. 797-838
4. Scholia on Homer, Odyssey, 1. 275-277 & 4. 797
5. Nonnus, Dionysiaca, 14. 114