Astymedusa
In
.She was occasionally named as a later wife of Oedipus. After parting with Jocasta or after the death of Euryganeia, who was his second wife,[1] Oedipus married Astymedousa.[2] Astymedusa accused Polynices and Eteocles of attempting to rape her, thus driving Oedipus into a frenzy.[3] This is held as an alternate cause for the curse which led to the fraternal discord at the heart of the myth of the wars at Thebes.[4]
Notes
- ^ Pausanias, Graeciae Descriptio 9.5.11; cf. Watson (1994, p. 237).
- FGrHist3 F 48).
- ^ Eustathius on Homer, Iliad 4.376–81 (vol. i, p. 767) .
- ^ Watson (1994, p. 237).
References
- Pausanias, Graeciae Descriptio. 3 vols. Leipzig, Teubner. 1903. Greek text available at the Perseus Digital Library.
Bibliography
- Watson, P.A. (1994), Ancient Stepmothers: Myth, Misogyny and Reality, Leiden, ISBN 9004101764).
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