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In Greek mythology, Iphianassa (/ˌɪfiəˈnæsə/; Ancient Greek: Ίφιάνασσα Īphianassa means 'strong queen' or 'rule strongly'[1]) is a name that refers to several characters.

  • Iphianassa, one of the 50 Nereids, marine-nymph daughters of the 'Old Man of the Sea' Nereus and the Oceanid Doris.[1][2]
  • Iphianassa, consort of King Endymion of Elis and mother of Aetolus.[3][4] The wife of Endymion was otherwise known as Asterodia, Chromia, Hyperippe or a nameless Naiad nymph.[5][6]
  • Iphianassa, one of the three maenadic daughters of the Argive king Proetus by Stheneboea who were purified of their madness by Melampus. Iphianassa eventually married Melampus.[7][8]
  • Iphianassa, a Mycenaean princess as the daughter of King Agamemnon and Clytemnestra.[9]
  • Iphianassa, mother of Menalces by Medon of Cilla. Her son was killed by Neoptolemus.[10]

Notes

  1. 1.0 1.1 Bane, Theresa (2013). Encyclopedia of Fairies in World Folklore and Mythology. McFarland, Incorporated, Publishers. p. 191. ISBN 9780786471119. 
  2. Lucian, Dialogi Marini 14
  3. Apollodorus, 1.7.6
  4. Graves, Robert (1960). The Greek Myths. Harmondsworth, London, England: Penguin Books. pp. 64.a. ISBN 978-0143106715. 
  5. Pausanias, 5.1.4
  6. William Smith, Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, v. 2, page 16, under Endymion
  7. Apollodorus, 2.2.2; Servius on Virgil, Eclogue 6.48
  8. Graves, Robert (1960). The Greek Myths. Harmondsworth, London, England: Penguin Books. pp. 72.g, j, k. ISBN 978-0143106715. 
  9. Homer, Iliad 9.155 & 287
  10. Quintus Smyrnaeus, 8.295–297

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