Alcaea

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In Greek mythology, Alcaea was a Thessalin princess as the daughter of King Hypseus of Lapiths[1] and the naiad Chlidanope.[2] She was the sister of Cyrene,[3] Themisto[4] and Astyaguia.[5]

Notes

  1. ^ Scholia on Pindar, Pythian Ode 9.31
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  3. ^ Callimachus, Hymn 2 to Apollo 85 ff; Diodorus Siculus, 4.81.1; Nonnus, 29.180
  4. ^ Apollodorus, 1.9.2
  5. ^ Diodorus Siculus, 4.69.3

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