Anticlea(70 words)
[German version]
(Ἀντίκλεια; Antíkleia). Daughter of Autolycus, wife of Laertes, mother of Odysseus and Ctimene. In Homer she died of anguish about her long-absent son; Odysseus speaks with her shadow in the Underworld (Hom. Od. 11).
Post-Homer, Odysseus is also regarded as son of A. and Sisyphus. She committed suicide on the false news of Odysseus' death (Hyg. Fab. 243).
Graf, Fritz (Columbus, OH)
Bibliography
A. Touchefeu-Meynier, LIMC 1.1, 828-830.
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Graf, Fritz (Columbus, OH),
“Anticlea”, in:
Brill’s New Pauly, Antiquity volumes edited by: Hubert Cancik and , Helmuth Schneider, English Edition by: Christine F. Salazar, Classical Tradition volumes edited by: Manfred Landfester, English Edition by: Francis G. Gentry.
Consulted online on 28 June 2022 <http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/1574-9347_bnp_e124220>
First published online: 2006
First print edition: 9789004122598, 20110510
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