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Etymology of Iphis

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Ἶφις (Îphis).

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The daughter of Ligdus and Telethusa, who, as recounted in Ovid's Metamorphoses, was raised as male and was eventually transformed into a man by the goddess Isis in order to marry Ianthe, daughter of Telestes. · A (female) native of Skyros, captured by Achilles and given to his companion-in-arms, Patroclus, as slave, as recounted in the Iliad. · A (male) Cypriot shepherd who, as recounted in Ovid's Metamorphoses, loved a woman named Anaxarete, whose indifference led him to kill himself in despair. · One of the Argonauts, the son of Sthenelus and brother of Eurystheus; also called Iphitos or Iphitus,

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Borrowed from Ancient Greek Ἶφις (Îphis).

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