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In
Greek mythology , the name Amphinome (
Ancient Greek : Ἀμφινόμη means 'she of the surrounding pasture') may refer to the following deity and women:
Amphinome, the
Nereid who feeds
Poseidon's flock.
[1] As one of the 50 marine-
nymphs , she was a daughter of the '
Old Man of the Sea '
Nereus and the
Oceanid
Doris .
[2] Amphinome and her other sisters appeared to
Thetis when she cries out in sympathy for the grief of
Achilles for his slain friend
Patroclus .
[3]
Amphinome, wife of
Aeson , King of
Iolcus . She was the mother to
Jason and
Promachus , Aeson's sons. She and her husband were persecuted by king
Pelias of
Iolcus . After Pelias had killed her husband and younger son, Amphinome stabbed herself with a sword. As she lay dying she pronounced a curse against the king.
[4] Otherwise, the mother of the hero was called
Polymele ,
[5]
Polymede
[6] or
Polypheme ,
[7]
Theognete , daughter of
Laodicus ,
[7]
Rhoeo ,
[8]
Arne or
Scarphe .
[9]
Amphinome, one of the
Peliades , daughters of
Pelias and sister of
Alcestis and
Evadne . She was given by Jason in marriage to
Andraemon , brother of
Leonteus .
[10]
Amphinome, wife of
Arizelus and mother of
Harpalion .
[11]
Notes
^ Bane, Theresa (2013). Encyclopedia of Fairies in World Folklore and Mythology . McFarland, Incorporated, Publishers. p.
27 .
ISBN
9780786471119 .
^
Homer ,
Iliad 18.44;
Hyginus , Fabulae Preface
^ Homer, Iliad
18.39-51
^
Diodorus Siculus , 4.50.2
^
Hesiod ,
Ehoiai fr. 38;
Tzetzes , Chiliades 6.979;
Scholia on Homer,
Odyssey 12.69
^
Apollodorus , 1.9.16; Tzetzes on
Lycophron , 175 & 872
^
a
b Scholia on
Apollonius , 1.45
^ Tzetzes, Chiliades 6.979
^ Tzetzes on Lycophron, 872
^ Diodorus Siculus, 4.53.2
^
Quintus Smyrnaeus , 10.75
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Online version at the Perseus Digital Library.
Greek text available from the same website .
Diodorus Siculus ,
The Library of History translated by
Charles Henry Oldfather . Twelve volumes.
Loeb Classical Library . Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard University Press; London: William Heinemann, Ltd. 1989. Vol. 3. Books 4.59–8.
Online version at Bill Thayer's Web Site
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Greek text available at the Perseus Digital Library .
Hesiod ,
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Online version at theio.com
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ISBN
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Online version at the Perseus Digital Library.
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ISBN
978-0198145318 .
Greek text available at the Perseus Digital Library .
Quintus Smyrnaeus ,
The Fall of Troy translated by Way. A. S. Loeb Classical Library Volume 19. London: William Heinemann, 1913.
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Greek text available at the Perseus Digital Library .
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Online version at theio.com.
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Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology , London: Taylor, Walton, and Maberly (1873).
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