Memphis (wife of Epaphus)

For other uses, see Memphis (mythology).

In Greek mythology, Memphis (Ancient Greek: Μέμφις), daughter of river-god Nilus was the wife to Epaphus, and mother of Libya. She and her husband were the legendary founders of Memphis, which bears her name. Some writers called Epaphus's wife Cassiopeia.

Argive genealogy

Argive genealogy in Greek mythology

Oceanus Tethys Inachus Melia Zeus Io Phoroneus Epaphus Memphis Libya Poseidon Achiroë Belus Agenor Telephassa Danaus Elephantis Aegyptus Cadmus Cilix Europa Phoenix Mantineus Hypermnestra Lynceus Harmonia Zeus Sparta Lacedaemon Ocalea Abas Polydorus Agave Sarpedon Rhadamanthus Eurydice Acrisius Autonoë Ino Minos Zeus Danaë Semele Zeus Perseus Dionysus

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References

• Gaius Julius Hyginus, Fabulae from The Myths of Hyginus translated and edited by Mary Grant. University of Kansas Publications in Humanistic Studies. Online version at the Topos Text Project.
• Pseudo-Apollodorus, The Library with an English Translation by Sir James George Frazer, F.B.A., F.R.S., in 2 Volumes, Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1921. ISBN 0-674-99135-4. Online version at the Perseus Digital Library.
• Tzetzes, John, Lycophronis Alexandra. Vol. II: Scholia Continens, edited by Eduard Scheer, Berlin, Weidmann, 1881. Internet Archive.