Periphe'tes
(
Περιφήτης).
1. A son of Hephaestus and Anticleia, was surnamed Corynetes, that is, Club-bearer, and was a robber at Epidaurus, who slew the travellers he met with an iron club. Theseus at last slew him and took his club for his own use. (
Apollod. 3.16.1; Plut.
Thes 38; Paus 2.1.4;
Ov. Met. 7.437.)