According to the myth, Sufax was the son of goddess Tinjis from her second marriage to demigod Heracles, and the grandson of Zeus and mortal Alcmene.Hesiod, Shield of Heracles 1 ff.Tzetzes on Lycophron, 663 His half-sister was likely Iphinoe, and his half-brother (and possible half-nephew) was Palaemon, son of Iphinoe and Heracles.
