Alipherus

Alipherus or Halipherus (Gr. Ἀλίφηρος) was in Greek mythology one of the sons of Lycaon.^[1] He was killed, along with his brothers, by a lightning bolt, for his insolence.^[2] The town of Alifeira in Greece was traditionally believed to have been founded by this Alipherus, and to have derived its name from him.^[3][4]

References

1. Schmitz, Leonhard (1867). "Alipherus". In William Smith. Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology 1. Boston: Little, Brown and Company. p. 132.
2. Psudo-Apollodorus, Bibliotheca iii. 8. § 1
3. Pausanias, Description of Greece viii. 3. § 1, 26. § 4
4. Stephanus of Byzantium, Ethnica, s.v. Ἀλίφειρα

 This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Smith, William, ed. (1870). "^{article name needed}". Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology.