Pheidippus (son of Thessalus)

Pheidippos ( Greek  Φείδιππος ) is a figure in Greek mythology .

He was a son of Thessalus and grandson of Heracles . Together with his brother Antiphos he took part in the Trojan War . The two brothers commanded the 30 ships from the Sporades . After the end of the war they were sent to Epirus , where Pheidippos founded the city of Ephyra . According to another version of the myth, however, Pheidippus landed on the island of Cypros after great errands .

swell

• Homer , Iliad 2, 678
• Libraries of Apollodorus , Epitome 3, 13 and 6, 15b
• Strabo , Geography 9, 444
• Velleius Paterculus . Historia Romana 1, 1

literature

• Hans von Geisau: Pheidippos 1. In: The Little Pauly (KlP). Volume 4, Stuttgart 1972, Col. 724.