Telephassa
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Telephassa (
Family
Telephassa was the daughter of Nilus, god of the river Nile and Nephele, a soft cloud Oceanid.[5] In one account, she was a descendant of Libya herself.[6] In a version of the myth, Telephe was called the daughter of Epimedusa who was otherwise unknown.[7]
Telephassa had several children, including Europa,[8] Cilix, Cadmus, Thasus,[9] and Phoenix.[10] Thasus is sometimes said to be her grandchild by Cilix.[11] Her husband was Agenor or perhaps Phoenix[8] in a version in which Cadmus and Europa and their brothers are children of Phoenix. In the latter's version, Peirus, Phoenice and Astypale were included as Phoenix's offsprings.[7]
Mythology
Telephassa gave to her daughter, Europa, the basket of gold which was made by
Argive family tree
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Notes
- ^ Scholiast on Euripides, Ion 5
- ^ Kerenyi, The Heroes of the Greeks 1959:27.
- Karl Kerenyinotes in The Heroes of the Greeks 1959:27.
- ^ Other mythic figures were also named Argiope.
- ISBN 978-1-4059-3416-9.
- ^ a b c Moschus, Europa 2.37-43
- ^ a b Scholia on Euripides, Phoenician Women 5
- ^ a b Moschus, Europa 2.42
- ^ Kerenyi 1959:27f.
- ^ Apollodorus, 3.1.1
- ^ Apollodorus, 3.1.1 with Pherecydes as the authority
- ^ Kerenyi 1959:27.
References
- Apollodorus, The Library with an English Translation by Sir James George Frazer, F.B.A., F.R.S. in 2 Volumes, Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1921. ISBN 0-674-99135-4. Online version at the Perseus Digital Library. Greek text available from the same website.
- Kerényi, Carl, The Heroes of the Greeks, Thames and Hudson, London, 1959.
- Moschus, Europa from The Greek Bucolic Poets edited by J. M. (John Maxwell) Edmonds. William Heinemann; G. P. Putnam's Sons. London; New York. 1919. Greek text available at the Perseus Digital Library.