Polycaste
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Polycaste is the name of two separate women in Greek mythology:
- Polycaste is the daughter of Nestor and Eurydice (or Anaxibia).[1][2] She bathed Telemachus on his way to Pylos and later married him. They had a son, Persepolis.[3][4]
- Polycaste, a daughter of Lygaeus. She was married to Icarius, by whom she became the mother of Penelope, Alyzeus and Leucadius.[5][4]
[edit] References
- ^ Homer, Odyssey 3. 464
- ^ Pseudo-Apollodorus, Bibliotheca 1. 9. § 9
- ^ Eustathius on Homer, Odyssey 3. 464
- ^ a b Schmitz, Leonhard (1867). "Polycaste (I) and (II)". In William Smith. Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology. 3. Boston: Little, Brown and Company. pp. 453. http://www.ancientlibrary.com/smith-bio/2786.html.
- ^ Strabo, Geography, 10. 2. 24
[edit] Other sources
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Smith, William, ed. (1867). "article name needed". Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology.
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