Argiope (mythology)
In Greek mythology, Argiope (Ancient Greek: Αργιόπη "silver face") may refer to:
- Argiope, naiad daughter of the River God Nile. She was wife of Agenor and mother of Europa, Phoenix, Cilix and Cadmus.[1] More commonly known as Telephassa.
- Argiope, naiad, possibly the daughter of the river-god Cephissus, mother of Thamyris by Philammon.[2] She lived at first on mount Parnassus but when Philammon refused to take her into his house as his wife, she left Parnassus and went to the country of the Odrysians in Thrace.[3]
- Argiope, naiad of the town of Eleusis, possibly the daughter of the river-god Cephissus, mother of Cercyon by Branchus.[4]
- Argiope, daughter of Teuthras, king of Teuthrania, a region near Mysia in Asia Minor. She married Telephus, son of Heracles.[5]
References
- ↑ Scholia on Apollonius Rhodius, Argonautica, 3. 1186
- ↑ Apollodorus, The Library Book Book 1.3.3
- ↑ Pausanias. Description of Greece, 4.33.3
- ↑ Apollodorus, The Epitome Book 1.3
- ↑ Diodorus Siculus, Library Book 4.33, Translated by Charles Henry Oldfather (1887-1954), from the Loeb Classical Library edition of 1933
Sources
- Apollodorus, Bibliotheca. English Translation by Sir James George Frazer, F.B.A., F.R.S. in 2 Volumes. Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1921.
- Diodorus Siculus, Bibliotheca Historica. Translated by Charles Henry Oldfather (1887-1954), from the Loeb Classical Library edition of 1933
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