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Antianeira (daughter of Menetes)

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For other people called Antianeira see Antianeira (disambiguation).

In Greek mythology, Antianeira (Ancient Greek: Ἀντιανείρης means "a match for men"), also called Laothoe[1], was a daughter of Menetus (Meretus), and mother of the Argonauts Eurytus and Echiones, whom she bore to the god Hermes.[2][3]

References

  1. ^ Argonautica Orphica, 127 ff
  2. ^ Apollonius Rhodius, Argonautica 1.56
  3. ^ Gaius Julius Hyginus, Fabulae 14

 This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domainSchmitz, Leonhard (1870). "Antianeira". In Smith, William (ed.). Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology. Vol. 1. p. 184.