Iphinoë

[ ih-fin-oh-ee ]

noun

, Classical Mythology.

1. a daughter of Antia and Proetus who was inflicted with madness for her irreverence toward the gods. Compare Iphianassa ( def 2 ).
2. the woman who brought Queen Hypsipyle's message of welcome to Jason and the Argonauts.

Example Sentences

They both go to the temple of Athena and sacrifice their double girdle; thence to the sanctuary of Iphinoë, where they offer a lock of their hair, interwined; and finally to the peristyle of Dionysios, where the more male of the two receives a little knife of sharp-edged gold, and a white linen cloth to stanch the blood.

From Project Gutenberg

She spake and addressed Iphinoe close at hand: "Go, Iphinoe, and beg yonder man, whoever it is that leads this array, to come to our land that I may tell him a word that pleases the heart of my people, and bid the men themselves, if they wish, boldly enter the land and the city with friendly intent."

From Project Gutenberg

And Acrisius had by Eurydice the daughter of Lacedemon, Danae; and Proetus by Stheneboea 'Lysippe and Iphinoe and Iphianassa'.

From Project Gutenberg