Protogeneia
Protogeneia (Ancient Greek: Πρωτογένεια means "the firstborn"), in Greek mythology, may refer to:
- Protogeneia, a Dorus.[5]
- Protogeneia, also called Cambyse,[6] daughter of the above Opus. Zeus carried her off from the land of the Epeans and became by her, on mount Maenalus in Arcadia, the father of Opus II.[7] She was later received by Locrus who for being childless, married Protogeneia and adopted her son Opus as his own.[8]
- Protogeneia, a
- Protogeneia, an Athenian princess as the eldest of the daughters of King Erechtheus and probably Praxithea, daughter of Phrasimus and Diogeneia. She and her sister Pandora committed suicide when Erechtheus sacrificed Chthonia, another sister of theirs. Protogeneia's other sisters were Procris, Creusa, Oreithyia,[10] Merope[11] while her possible brothers were Cecrops, Pandorus, Metion,[12] Orneus,[13] Thespius,[14] Eupalamus[15] and Sicyon.[16]
Notes
- ^ Apollodorus, 1.7.2; Pherecydes, fr. 3F23; Gantz, p. 167; Hard, p. 404; Grimal, s.v. Protogenia, p. 396.
- Apollonius Rhodius, 4.1780
- ^ Hyginus, Fabulae 155
- Hyginus, Fabulae 155.
- ^ Pseudo-Clement, Recognitions 21.
- ^ Eustathius on Homer, p. 277.
- ^ Hard, p. 564; Scholia on Pindar, Olympian 9.85 (Drachmann, pp. 288–289) [= BNJ 4 F117a].
- ^ Pindar, Olympian 9.43 ff.
- ^ Apollodorus, 1.7.7
- ^ Suda s.v. Maidens, Virgins (Παρθένοι).
- ^ Plutarch, Theseus 19.5.
- ^ Apollodorus, 3.15.1.
- ^ Pausanias, 2.25.6; Plutarch, Theseus 32.1; Stephanus of Byzantium, s.v. Orneiai.
- ^ Diodorus Siculus, 4.29.2
- ^ Diodorus Siculus, 4.76.1
- ^ Pausanias, 2.6.5, citing Hesiod (Ehoiai fr. 224) for Erechtheus.
References
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- Diodorus Siculus, The Library of History translated by Charles Henry Oldfather. Twelve volumes. Loeb Classical Library. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard University Press; London: William Heinemann, Ltd. 1989. Vol. 3. Books 4.59–8. Online version at Bill Thayer's Web Site.
- Diodorus Siculus, Bibliotheca Historica. Vol 1-2. Immanel Bekker. Ludwig Dindorf. Friedrich Vogel. in aedibus B. G. Teubneri. Leipzig. 1888–1890. Greek text available at the Perseus Digital Library.
- Drachmann, Anders Bjørn, Scholia Vetera in Pindari Carmina, Vol. I: Scholia in Olympionicas, Leipzig, Teubner, 1903. .
- Hyginus, Gaius Julius, Fabulae from the Myths of Hyginus translated and edited by Mary Grant. University of Kansas Publications in Humanistic Studies. Online version at the Topos Text Project.
- ISBN 978-0-8018-5362-3(Vol. 2).
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- Hard, Robin, The Routledge Handbook of Greek Mythology: Based on H.J. Rose's "Handbook of Greek Mythology", Psychology Press, 2004, ISBN 9780415186360. Google Books.
- Lucius Mestrius Plutarchus, Lives with an English Translation by Bernadotte Perrin. Cambridge, MA. Harvard University Press. London. William Heinemann Ltd. 1914. 1. Online version at the Perseus Digital Library.
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- Pindar, Odes translated by Diane Arnson Svarlien. 1990. Online version at the Perseus Digital Library.
- Ante-Nicene Library Volume 8, translated by Smith, Rev. Thomas. T. & T. Clark, Edinburgh. 1867. Online version at Theoi.com
- Stephanus of Byzantium, Stephani Byzantii Ethnicorum quae supersunt, edited by August Meineike (1790-1870), published 1849. A few entries from this important ancient handbook of place names have been translated by Brady Kiesling. Online version at the Topos Text Project.
- 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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