Iphidamas

🗡 heroἸφιδάμας

Youth, marriage, combat

Young Trojan warrior who left his bride to fight at Troy and was killed by Agamemnon‍‍‌‍‍‍‌‍‍‍‌‌‍‍‍‍‍‌‍‍‍‍‍‌‌‌‌‌‌‍‌‌

The Legend of Iphidamas

Iphidamas was the son of Antenor and Theano, raised by his maternal grandfather Cisseus in the rich land of Thrace.‍‍‌‍‍‍‌‍‍‍‌‌‍‍‍‍‍‌‍‍‍‍‍‌‌‌‌‌‌‍‌‌ When he came of age, Cisseus gave him his daughter in marriage, but Iphidamas left his bride's chamber to march to Troy when news of the Greek invasion arrived. He brought twelve ships with him. On the battlefield, Iphidamas bravely attacked Agamemnon himself, driving his spear into the Greek king's corselet below the breastplate. But the weapon bent against the silver belt and failed to pierce through. Agamemnon seized the spear shaft, wrenched it from Iphidamas's hands, and struck him in the neck with his sword. Iphidamas fell and slept a sleep of bronze, far from his young wife. Homer calls this one of the war's most poignant losses.

Parents

Antenor and Theano

Symbols

spearbridal wreath

Fun Fact

Iphidamas left his marriage bed to fight at Troy and never returned, one of Homer's most tragic young warriors

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