Periphetes
Periphetes is the name of several characters from Greek mythology.
- Periphetes, an Arcadian king as the son of Nyctimus, son of King Lycaon. He was the father of Parthaon, ancestor of Psophis, one of the possible eponyms for the city of Psophis.
- Periphetes, also known as Corynetes meaning Club-Bearer from the club which he carried, was a son of Hephaestus and Anticleia or of Poseidon. Periphetes was lame like his father and used a bronze club as a crutch. He roamed the road from Athens to Troezen where he robbed travelers and killed them with his club. Theseus encountered and killed him near Epidauros.
- Periphetes, son of Copreus; he was killed during the Trojan War by Hector.
- Periphetes, king of Mygdonia. He fought with Sithon for the hand of the latter's daughter Pallene and was killed.
- Periphetes, a Trojan who was killed by Teucer.
Other use
- Periphetes is a genus of Phasmatodea in the subfamily Lonchodinae.