Philonoe’s Family Tree

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Family

• Bellerophon(spouse),Hippolochus(child),Isander(child),Laodamia (daughter of Bellerophon)(child)— Marriage

  Bellerophon married Philonoe, daughter of King Iobates, after surviving every deadly task her father devised. They had three children: Isander, slain by Ares fighting the Solymoi; Hippolochus, father of the Lycian hero Glaucus; and Laodamia, who lay with Zeus and bore Sarpedon.

• Iobates(parent),Stheneboea(sibling)

  King Iobates of Lycia had two daughters: Stheneboea, whom he gave in marriage to Proetus of Tiryns, and Philonoe, whom he later gave to Bellerophon after the hero proved his divine favor.

Associated with

• Stheneboea

  Stheneboea's sister Philonoe married Bellerophon after his heroic deeds proved his worth. The irony of Iobates giving his other daughter to the very man Stheneboea had falsely accused was not lost on ancient audiences.