Autonoe (mythology)
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In Greek mythology, Autonoë (/ɔːˈtɒnoʊ.i/; Ancient Greek: Αὐτονόη Autonoê means "think for oneself") may refer to the following personages:
- Autonoë, one of the 50
- Autonoë, one of the Danaïdes, daughter of Danaus and Polyxo.[3]
- Autonoë, daughter of Pireus and mother of Palaemon by Heracles.[5] Otherwise, the mother of Palaemon was called Iphinoe, daughter of Antaeus.[6]
- Autonoë, one of Penelope's maids.[7]
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- Hesiod, Theogony from The Homeric Hymns and Homerica with an English Translation by Hugh G. Evelyn-White, Cambridge, MA.,Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1914. Online version at the Perseus Digital Library. Greek text available from the same website.
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- Kerényi, Carl, The Gods of the Greeks, Thames and Hudson, London, 1951.