Ismene
Translingual
Etymology
From Ancient Greek Ἰσμήνη (Ismḗnē, “sister of Antigone”); see
Proper noun
Ismene f
Hyponyms
- (genus of Amaryllidaceae): Ismene amancaes - type species; Ismene hawkesii, Ismene longipetala, Ismene morrisonii, Ismene pedunculata, Ismene ringens, Ismene sublimis, Ismene vargasii - other species
- Ismene × deflexa, Ismene × spofforthiae (nothospecies)
- (genus of Crambidae): Ismene pelusia - sole species
References
- plant
Ismene (plant) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia Ismene (Amaryllidaceae) on Wikispecies.Wikispecies (includes links to invalid namings and a renamed genus) Ismene on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
- moth
Ismene (moth) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia Ismene (Crambinae) on Wikispecies.Wikispecies Ismene (Crambidae) on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
English
Etymology
From Ancient Greek Ἰσμήνη (Ismḗnē).
Proper noun
Ismene
- A female given name
- (Greek mythology) A daughter and half-sister of Oedipus, daughter and granddaughter of Jocasta, and sister of Antigone, Eteocles and Polynices.
- 2012, André Lardinois, 5: Antigone, Kirk Ormand (editor), A Companion to Sophocles, Wiley-Blackwell, page 65,
- Ismene and the Guard are the opposite of Antigone and Creon, yet for a full understanding of the human condition they are equally important.
- 2012, André Lardinois, 5: Antigone, Kirk Ormand (editor), A Companion to Sophocles, Wiley-Blackwell, page 65,
- (Greek mythology) A daughter of the river-god Asopus by the nymph Metope.
- (Greek mythology) A daughter and half-sister of Oedipus, daughter and granddaughter of Jocasta, and sister of Antigone, Eteocles and Polynices.
- (astronomy) The main belt asteroid 190 Ismene.
Usage notes
- (daughter of Oedipus):
- Appears as a character in several plays by Sophocles, as well as Aeschylus' Seven Against Thebes.
- (daughter of Asopus):
- Named in the Bibliotheca of Pseudo-Apollodorus.
Further reading
Ismene on Wikipedia.Wikipedia Ismene (daughter of Asopus) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia 190 Ismene on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
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