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Cassiepea, Cassiopea, Cassiope
(158 words)

(Κασσιέπεια, Κασσιόπεια, Κασσιόπη, Kassiépeia, Kassiópeia, Kassiópē).

[German version]

[1] Mistress of Zeus

Daughter of Arabus, wife of the son of Agenor  Phoenix, mother of  Phineus, Cilix and Doryclus, by Zeus of  Atymnius [2] (Hes. Cat. fr. 138; Pherecydes FGrH 3 F 86; Apollod. 3,1,2). According to Antoninus Liberalis (40), also the mother of  Europe [2] and  Carme (cf. Hes. Cat. fr. 140).

Waldner, Katharina (Berlin)

[German version]

[2] Wife of Epaphus, son of Zeus

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Waldner, Katharina (Berlin), “Cassiepea, Cassiopea, Cassiope”, 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 02 July 2022 <http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/1574-9347_bnp_e610140>
First published online: 2006
First print edition: 9789004122598, 20110510



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