Methone, the nymph-consort of Pierus, king of Pieria, and by the latter, became the mother of Oeagrus, father of Orpheus.[3] In some accounts rather, she was called the sister of Pierus.[4]
Methone or Mothone (Μοθώνη), a bastard daughter of King Oeneus of Calydon by a concubine.[5] She was the eponymous heroine who gave her name to Methone in Messenia.
Methone, wife of King Poeas of Meliboea and mother of Philoctetes.[6] Otherwise, the latter's mother was called Demonassa.[7] This Methone may be the same as the above character.
John Tzetzes, Book of Histories, Book V-VI translated by Konstantinos Ramiotis from the original Greek of T. Kiessling's edition of 1826. Online version at theio.com.
Pausanias, Description of Greece with an English Translation by W.H.S. Jones, Litt.D., and H.A. Ormerod, M.A., in 4 Volumes. Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1918. ISBN0-674-99328-4. Online version at the Perseus Digital Library
Pausanias, Graeciae Descriptio.3 vols. Leipzig, Teubner. 1903. Greek text available at the Perseus Digital Library.
Suida, Suda Encyclopedia translated by Ross Scaife, David Whitehead, William Hutton, Catharine Roth, Jennifer Benedict, Gregory Hays, Malcolm Heath Sean M. Redmond, Nicholas Fincher, Patrick Rourke, Elizabeth Vandiver, Raphael Finkel, Frederick Williams, Carl Widstrand, Robert Dyer, Joseph L. Rife, Oliver Phillips and many others. Online version at the Topos Text Project.
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January 01, 1970
methone, greek, myth, greek, mythology, methone, ancient, greek, Μεθώνη, name, shared, four, women, methone, alcyonides, daughters, giant, alcyoneus, sister, alkippe, anthe, asteria, drimo, pallene, phthonia, phosthonia, chthonia, when, their, father, alcyoneu. In Greek mythology Methone Ancient Greek Me8wnh was the name shared by four women Methone one of the Alcyonides daughters of the giant Alcyoneus She was the sister of Alkippe Anthe Asteria Drimo Pallene and Phthonia Phosthonia or Chthonia 1 When their father Alcyoneus was slain by Heracles these girls threw themselves into the sea from Kanastraion which is the peak of Pellene They were then transformed into halcyons kingfishers by the goddess Amphitrite 2 Methone the nymph consort of Pierus king of Pieria and by the latter became the mother of Oeagrus father of Orpheus 3 In some accounts rather she was called the sister of Pierus 4 Methone or Mothone Mo8wnh a bastard daughter of King Oeneus of Calydon by a concubine 5 She was the eponymous heroine who gave her name to Methone in Messenia Methone wife of King Poeas of Meliboea and mother of Philoctetes 6 Otherwise the latter s mother was called Demonassa 7 This Methone may be the same as the above character Notes edit Eustathius on Homer Iliad 776 16 Suida s v Alkyonides Of the Origin of Homer and Hesiod and their Contest Fragment 1 314 Tzetzes Chiliades 6 933 Pausanias 4 35 1 Eustathius ad Homer p 323 Hyginus Fabulae 102References editJohn Tzetzes Book of Histories Book V VI translated by Konstantinos Ramiotis from the original Greek of T Kiessling s edition of 1826 Online version at theio com Pausanias Description of Greece with an English Translation by W H S Jones Litt D and H A Ormerod M A in 4 Volumes Cambridge MA Harvard University Press London William Heinemann Ltd 1918 ISBN 0 674 99328 4 Online version at the Perseus Digital Library Pausanias Graeciae Descriptio 3 vols Leipzig Teubner 1903 Greek text available at the Perseus Digital Library Suida Suda Encyclopedia translated by Ross Scaife David Whitehead William Hutton Catharine Roth Jennifer Benedict Gregory Hays Malcolm Heath Sean M Redmond Nicholas Fincher Patrick Rourke Elizabeth Vandiver Raphael Finkel Frederick Williams Carl Widstrand Robert Dyer Joseph L Rife Oliver Phillips and many others Online version at the Topos Text Project nbsp nbsp This article includes a list of Greek mythological figures with the same or similar names If an internal link for a specific Greek mythology article referred you to this page you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended Greek mythology article if one exists Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Methone Greek myth amp oldid 1211224271, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
