Eriphȳla, ae, or -ē, ēs, f., = Ἐριφύλη, daughter of Talaus, and wife of Amphiaraus, whom she betrayed to Polynices for a golden necklace, for which she was slain by her son Alcmaeon.

—Form -a, Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 18, § 39; id. Inv. 1, 50, 94; Prop. 2, 16, 29 (3, 8, 29 M.); 3, 13, 57 (4, 12, 57 M.).

— Form -e, Ov. A. A. 3, 13; Verg. A. 6, 445.

— Plur.: multae Eriphylae, Juv. 6, 655, v. Amphiaraus.

—Hence, Eriphȳlaeus, a, um, adj., of Eriphyla: penates, Stat. Th. 4, 211.