Iphis

Meanings

1. Any of various male or female figures in Greek mythology, including:
2. The daughter of Ligdus and Telethusa, who, as recounted in Ovid's Metamorphoses, was raised as male and was eventually transformed into a man by the goddess Isis in order to marry Ianthe, daughter of Telestes.
3. A (female) native of Skyros, captured by Achilles and given to his companion-in-arms, Patroclus, as slave, as recounted in the Iliad.
4. A (male) Cypriot shepherd who, as recounted in Ovid's Metamorphoses, loved a woman named Anaxarete, whose indifference led him to kill himself in despair.
5. One of the Argonauts, the son of Sthenelus and brother of Eurystheus; also called Iphitos or Iphitus,

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Ἶφις (Îphis).