Anticlea (mythology)
In Greek mythology, Anticlea or Anticlia (/ˌæntɪˈkliːə/; Ancient Greek: Ἀντίκλεια, literally "without fame") may refer to the following women:
- Anticlea, another name for Philonoe, the Lycian bride of Bellerophon and mother of his children.[1] In other accounts, she was called Alkimedousa,[2] Pasandra or Cassandra.[3]
- Anticlia, mother by Hephaestus of Periphetes, the lame malefactor of Epidaurus who was killed by the hero Theseus in one of his exploits.[4]
- Anticlea, daughter of Autolycus and mother of Odysseus by Läertes.[5]
- Anticlia, a princess of Pherae in Messenia as daughter of King Diocles. She married Asclepius' son Machaon and had by him sons: Nicomachus and Gorgasus.[6] Anticlia was probably the mother of Alexanor[7], Sphyrus[8] and Polemocrates[9] by Machaon.
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