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In Greek mythology, Issa (/ˈiːsɑː/; Ancient Greek: Ἴσσα) or Isse may refer to three people:

  • Isse, daughter of Macareus and Canace, children of Aeolus, and a lover of Apollo.[1] She was usually called Amphissa.[2]
  • Issa, the eponymous nymph of Issa (Lesbos). She became the mother of the prophet Prylis by Hermes.[3] This son predicted to the Greeks that they would take Troy by means of the Wooden Horse.[4] She may be the daughter of King Macar and thus, sister of Methymna,[5] Mytilene, Agamede, Antissa, Arisbe,[6] Cydrolaus, Neandrus, Leucippus[7] and Eresus.[8]
  • Achilles, who in some versions of Achilles on Skyros went by the alias Issa when disguised as a girl. In other versions, he was called Pyrrha or Kerkysera.

Notes

  1. Ovid, Metamorphoses 6.103
  2. Pausanias, 10.38.4
  3. Tzetzes on Lycophron, 220
  4. Hornblower, Simon (2017). Lykophron: Alexandra, Greek Text, Translation, Commentary, and Introduction. Great Clarendon Street, Oxford, OX2 6DP, United Kingdom: Oxford Press. pp. 172. ISBN 978-0-19-881064-3. 
  5. Diodorus Siculus, 5.81
  6. Stephanus of Byzantium, s.v. Mytilene; Agamede; Antissa; Arisbe
  7. Diodorus Siculus, 5.81.8
  8. Stephanus of Byzantium, s.v. Eresos

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