Definitions for Iobates

Iobates I·ob·a·tes

Spelling: [ahy-ob-uh-teez, ee-ob-]
IPA: /aɪˈɒb əˌtiz, iˈɒb-/

Iobates is a 7 letter English word.

You can make 243 anagrams from letters in Iobates (abeiost).

Definitions for Iobates

noun

  1. a Lycian king commissioned by his son-in-law, Proetus, to kill Bellerophon: after surviving ordeals designed to destroy him, Bellerophon was believed to be divinely protected, and Iobates gave him half his kingdom.

Examples for Iobates

Iobates accordingly determined to send Bellerophon against the Chimæra.

At last King Iobates said he had nothing more for him to do.

Iobates, in consequence, imposed upon him the task of slaying the Chimæra, persuaded that this monster would be the death of him.

Then Bellerophon sped back to the court of Iobates and announced that the Chimra was dead.

The king, Iobates, sought a hero to destroy this Chimæra, as it was called.

Daughter of Iobates;wife of Bellerophon, 292;significance, 394.

"Just the thing," said Iobates to himself, and sent for Bellerophon.

The king's name was Iobates, and Lycia was the country which he ruled over.

Iobates sent him to kill Chimæra, thinking he would be certain to perish in the attempt.

Land ruled by Iobates, who sends Bellerophon to slay the Chimæra, 291, 295.

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