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Tilphusa
(100 words)
[German version] (Τιλφοῦσα, Τέλφουσα;
Tilphoûsa, Télphousa). Boeotian well nymph, who does not allow Apollo to build his oracle temple at her well, and sends him to Delphi so that she herself can preserve her area of influence. Apollo later fills in her well and in its place builds an altar to himself (Hom. H. 3,244-276; 3,375-387). According to Apollod. 3,84 Teiresias meets his death after drinking from her well; his grave was marked for a long time (Str. 9,2,27; 9,2,36). T. is also known in Arcadia (Paus. 8,25,1-3). Harder, Ruth Elisabeth (Zürich) Bibliography E. Wüst, s. v. T., RE 6 …
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Molpadia
(114 words)
(Μολπαδία;
Molpadía). [German version] [1] Daughter of Staphylus and Chrysothemis Daughter of Staphylus and Chrysothemis [1]. Together with her sister Rhoeo, she was charged with guarding the wine, which had just been invented. However, they fell asleep and pigs overturned the jug. Out of fear, the sisters leapt into the sea. Apollo rescued them and took M. as Hemithea to Castabus in the Carian Chersonesus of Knidos (Diod. 5,62f.).…
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Eriphyle
(138 words)
[German version] (Ἐριφύλη;
Eriphýlē). Daughter of Talaus; sister of Adrastus and wife of the seer Amphiaraus in Argus, who were reconciled after a feud and were willing to submit to E.'s judgement in case of future…
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Ismene
(210 words)
(Ἰσμήνη;
Ismḗnē). [German version] [1] Theban heroine Theban heroine, who because of her romantic connection with Periclymenus incurs the wrath of Athene and is killed by Tydeus (Mimn. Fr. 21 IEG; Pherecydes FGrH 3 F 95). In the 5th cent. BC she was integrated into the Oedipus myth by the tragedians: as the daughter of Oedipus and Jocasta or Eurygane, as the sister of Antigone [3], Eteocles [1] and Polynices, she survives with Antigone the attack of the Seven Against Thebes (Aeschyl. Sept. 861f…
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Nausicaa
(287 words)
[German version] (Ναυσικάα;
Nausikáa). Young daughter of the Phaeacian royal couple Alcinous [1] und Arete [1]. Athena causes her to go with her serving maids to wash and picnic at the mouth of the river, where she comes across Odysseus, who had been washed ashore at this spot after being shipwrecked. Naked and exhausted, he appeals to her for help. In contrast to her companions, who run off in fright, she listens to him and gives him food, clothes, oil for anointing himself, and precise instructions for getting …
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Europe/Europa
(1,029 words)
(Εὐρώπη;
Eurṓpē). [German version] [1] Geographic concept Originally reserved for the female mythological figure ( E. [2]; cf. Hes. Theog. 357, 359), as a geographical term E. in…
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Aethra
(161 words)
[German version] (Αἴθρα;
Aíthra). Daughter of Pittheus king of Troezen, mother of Theseus by Aegeus or Poseidon (Bacchyl. 17,33 ff. SM; Apollod. 3,208; 216; Hyg. Fab. 37). The variant at Paus. 2,33,1 explains the founding of temples of Athena Apaturia on the island Sphaerea by A. Theseus entrusts Helen to A. who had been abducted by him. When the Dioscuri release her, A. is taken as a slave and she later…
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Dirce
(224 words)
(Δίρκη;
Dírkē). [German version] [1] Daughter of Ismenus Daughter of Ismenus (Callim. H. 4,75ff.), wife of king Lycus. Both are hostile to Lycus' niece Antiope [2]; after Antiope had failed in her attempt to escape, D. and Lycus handed her over to her twin sons Amphion and Zethus, whom she had abandoned at birth, to have her dragged to death by a bull. However, the sons recognize their mother just in time and then proceed to …
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Antigone
(839 words)
(Ἀντιγόνη;
Antigónē). [German version] [1] Daughter of Thessalian Phere Daughter of Thessalian Phere and mother of the Argonaut Asterion (Hyg. Fab. 14,1). Harder, Ruth Elisabeth (Zürich) [German version] [2] Daughter of king Eurytion of Phthia Daughter of king Eurytion of Phthia, wife of Peleus, by whom she has a daughter Polydora (Pherec. FGrH 3 F 61a). Peleus accidentally kills Eurytion and therefore flees to Acastus at Iolcus, who exculpates him. Acastus' wife Astydameia tries in vain to win him for herself and then in reve…
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Hippolyte
(238 words)
(Ἱππολύτη;
Hippolýtē). [German version] [1] Amazon, daughter of Ares Amazon in the myth of Heracles and Theseus, daughter of Ares and of Otrere. Heracles was ordered by Eurystheus to rob H. of the belt of Ares (Apoll. Rhod. 2,778ff.; 966ff.; Hyg. Fab. …
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