Messene (mythology)

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Mythology

Messene was said to have been very ambitious. After her father-in-law died, her husband's brother

heroon of her in Messenia with a statue of gold and Parian marble.^[4] It is estimated that the story took place in 10th century B.C.^[5]

Pausanias remarks that he checked through

Cinaethon and Asius of Samos in search for information concerning children of Polycaon and Messene, but found no relevant information.^[6]

Notes

^ Scholia on Euripides, Orestes 932

^ Pausanias, 4.1.1–2

^ Pausanias, 4.3.9

^ Pausanias, 4.31.11

^ Things Can Only Get Feta: Two Journalists and Their Crazy Dog Living Through the Greek Crisis By Marjory McGinn

^ Pausanias, 4.2.2

References

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.

External links

Myth Index - Messene

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[1] Scholia on Euripides, Orestes 932

[2] Pausanias, 4.1.1–2

[3] Pausanias, 4.3.9

[4] Pausanias, 4.31.11

[5] Things Can Only Get Feta: Two Journalists and Their Crazy Dog Living Through the Greek Crisis By Marjory McGinn

[6] Pausanias, 4.2.2

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