Iobates

American  

[ahy-ob-uh-teez, ee-ob-] / aɪˈɒb əˌtiz, iˈɒb- /

noun

Classical Mythology.

1. a Lycian king commissioned by his son-in-law, Proetus, to kill Bellerophon: after surviving ordeals designed to destroy him, Bellerophon was believed to be divinely protected, and Iobates gave him half his kingdom.

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Example Sentences

But he could not forget the horrible Chimæra, which he had promised King Iobates to slay.

From Myths That Every Child Should Know A Selection Of The Classic Myths Of All Times For Young People by Ostertag, Blanche

Iobates admitted him to a share in the government, and gave him his daughter in marriage.

From Myths and Legends of Ancient Greece and Rome by Berens, E.M.

"Just the thing," said Iobates to himself, and sent for Bellerophon.

From Classic Myths by Judd, Mary Catherine

It made great havoc in Lycia, so that the king Iobates sought for some hero to destroy it.

From Bulfinch's Mythology: the Age of Fable by Bulfinch, Thomas

He was afraid lest King Iobates should imagine that he had fled from the Chimaera.

From My First Cruise and Other stories by Kingston, William Henry Giles