Galaxy/The codex of Iphimedon

A son of Eurystheus king of Mycenae, slain with his brothers when the Athenians fought Eurystheus rather than surrender the Heraclids to his vengeance.1

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Apollodorus counts Iphimedon among the sons of Eurystheus whom the Athenians killed in the war over the Heraclids — listed after Alexander and before Eurybius, Mentor, and Perimedes. Their deaths preceded their father's flight and slaying by Hyllus at the Scironian cliffs.2

the spine ignites as you read · hover a bond on the card — every mention of them lights in the story

BEYOND THE POETS

How the centuries since have seen Iphimedon — art, artifacts and echoes.

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