Epicaste
Epicaste (/ˌɛpɪˈkæsti/; Greek: Ἐπικάστη Epikaste) or Epicasta (/ˌɛpɪˈkæstə/) is a name attributed to four women in Greek mythology.
- Epicaste, daughter of Augeas. She bore Heracles a son, Thestalus.[1]
- Epicaste, daughter of Calydon and Aeolia, daughter of Amythaon. She married Agenor son of Pleuron (her first cousin) and had children: Porthaon, Demonice,[2] and possibly Thestius.
- Epicaste is another name for Jocasta, used by Homer.[3][4]
- Epicaste, daughter of Nestor and mother of Homer himself by Telemachus, son of Odysseus.
- Epicaste, wife of Clymenus, son of Teleus or Argos, and mother of Harpalyce, Idas, and Therager.[5]
References
- ↑ Pseudo-Apollodorus, Bibliotheca 2.7.8.
- ↑ Pseudo-Apollodorus, Bibliotheca 1.7.7.
- ↑ Homer, Odyssey, 11. 310
- ↑ Pseudo-Apollodorus, Bibliotheca 3. 5. 7
- ↑ Parthenius. Erotica Pathemata, 13.1
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