Astyoche
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The name Astyoche or Astyocheia was attributed to the following individuals in Greek mythology.
- Daughter of the river god Simoeis, mother of Tros by Erichthonius.[1][2]
- Daughter of Laomedon by Strymo, Placia or Leucippe,[3] wife of Telephus and mother of Eurypylus (some call her daughter of Priam and wife of Eurypylus). She was bribed by Priam with a gold vine to persuade Eurypylus to go to the Trojan War, which resulted in him being killed in the battle.[4][5][6] (cf. the story of Eriphyle).
- Daughter of Actor, mother of Ascalaphus and Ialmenus with Ares.[7][8]
- Sister of Agamemnon and Menelaus. She married Strophius, and became the mother of Pylades[9]. She is also known as Anaxibia[10] or Cydragora[11].
- Daughter of Phylas, mother of Tlepolemus by Heracles.[12][13][14][15] Also known as Astydameia or Astygeneia.[16]
- Wife of Phylacus, mother of Protesilaus and Podarces.[17] These two are otherwise known as grandsons of Phylacus through Iphiclus.
- One of the Niobids.[18]
- Mother of Pentheus,[19] otherwise known as Agave.
[edit] References
- ^ Apollodorus, Bibliotheca, 3. 12. 2
- ^ Tzetzes on Lycophron, 29
- ^ Apollodorus, Bibliotheca, 3. 12. 3
- ^ Eustathius on Homer, p. 1697
- ^ Dictys Cretensis, 2. 2
- ^ Quintus Smyrnaeus, Fall of Troy, 6. 135 ff
- ^ Homer, Iliad, 2. 511 ff
- ^ Pausanias, Description of Greece, 9. 37. 7
- ^ Hyginus, Fabulae, 117. Clytemnestra (Theoi Project - Hyginus Fabulae)
- ^ Hesiod, Catalogue of Women, 69: Agamemnon (Theoi Project - Hesiod Catalogues)
- ^ Scholia on Euripides, Orestes, 33
- ^ Homer, Iliad, 2. 653 ff
- ^ Apollodorus, Bibliotheca, 2. 7. 6 & 8
- ^ Hyginus, Fabulae, 162
- ^ Stephanus of Byzantium s. v. Ephyra
- ^ Scholia on Pindar, Olympian Odes, 7. 42
- ^ Eustathius on Iliad, 323, 41
- ^ Apollodorus, Bibliotheca, 3. 5. 6
- ^ Statius, Thebaid, 3. 170
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