Iphianassa
In Greek mythology, Iphianassa (/ˌɪfiəˈnæsə/; Ancient Greek: Ίφιάνασσα Īphianassa means "strong queen") is a name that refers to several characters.
- Iphianassa, one of the Nereids.[1]
- Iphianassa, consort of King Endymion of Elis and mother of Aetolus.[2][3] The wife of Endymion was otherwise known as Asterodia, Chromia, Hyperippe or a nameless Naiad nymph.[4][5]
- Iphianassa, one of the three maenadic daughters of Argive Proetus by Stheneboea who were purified of their madness by Melampus. Iphianassa eventually married Melampus.[6][7][8]
- Iphianassa, daughter of Agamemnon and Clytemnestra.[9]
- Iphianassa, mother of Menalces by Medon of Cilla. Her son was killed by Neoptolemus.[10]
Notes
- ^ Lucian, Dialogues of the Sea-Gods, 14
- ^ Pseudo-Apollodorus. Bibliotheca, 1.7.6
- ^ Robert Graves, The Greek Myths 1960, 64a.
- ^ Pausanias, Description of Greece, 5. 1. 4
- ^ William Smith, Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, v. 2, page 16, under Endymion Archived 2011-05-14 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Pseudo-Apollodorus. Bibliotheca, 2.2.2
- ^ Servius on Virgil, Eclogue 6, 48
- ^ Graves 1960,72.g, j, k.
- ^ Homer, Iliad, 9. 155, 287
- ^ Quintus Smyrnaeus, Fall of Troy, 8. 295 - 297
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