Epicaste
Epicaste (/ˌɛpɪˈkæstiː/; Ancient Greek: Ἐπικάστη Epikaste) or Epicasta (/ˌɛpɪˈkæstə/) is a name attributed to five women in Greek mythology.
- Epicaste, daughter of Calydon by Aeolia, daughter of Amythaon, and thus, sister of Protogeneia. She married her cousin Agenor, son of Pleuron, and had by him children: Porthaon, Demonice,[1] and possibly Thestius.
- Epicaste, daughter of Augeas. She bore Heracles a son, Thestalus.[2]
- Epicaste, another name for Jocasta, used by Homer.[3][4]
- Epicaste, wife of Clymenus, son of Teleus of Argos, and mother of Harpalyce, Idas, and Therager.[5]
- Epicaste, daughter of Nestor and mother of Homer himself by Telemachus, son of Odysseus.[6][7]
References
- ^ Pseudo-Apollodorus, Bibliotheca 1.7.7.
- ^ Pseudo-Apollodorus, Bibliotheca 2.7.8.
- ^ Homer, Odyssey, 11. 310
- ^ Pseudo-Apollodorus, Bibliotheca 3. 5. 7
- ^ Parthenius. Erotica Pathemata, 13.1
- ^ "Hesiod, The Homeric Hymns, and Homerica" (Contest of Homer and Hesiod)
- ^ Parke, Herbert William (1967). Greek Oracles. pp. 136–137 citing the Certamen, 12.
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