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The women of Amphissa, seeing that the Phocians were in the camp of the allies and seeing the presence of many soldiers of the usurpers, fearing that the maeneds would be violated, all ran to the market, surrounded the sleeping women silently without questioning them, rendered them all the care possible and brought them food.
The women of Amphissa formed a protective ring around them and when they awoke arranged for them to return home unmolested. The Women of Amphissa by Lawrence Alma-Tadema On another occasion, the Thyiades were snowed in on Parnassos and it was necessary to send a rescue party.
In Greek mythology, Amphissa (Ancient Greek: Ἄμφισσα) or simply, Issa (/ˈiːsɑː/; Ἴσσα) was the daughter of Macareus and a lover of Apollo. She was the eponym of the city Amphissa in Ozolian Locris , [ 1 ] [ 2 ] where her memory was perpetuated by a splendid monument.
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She was usually called Amphissa. [2] Issa, the eponymous nymph of Issa . 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]
Lawrence Alma-Tadema – The Women of Amphissa; Otto Bache – Christian IV's Coronation, 1596; William Gerard Barry – Time Flies; Albert Bettannier – The Black Spot (La tache noire) (or The Geography Lesson) Anna Bilińska – Self-Portrait with Apron and Brushes; Joseph Boehm – Jubilee Head of Queen Victoria on British coinage
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Apollo found Dryope tending her sheep on a mountainside while she was being accompanied by other dryads.The god hid behind a tree and watched her, and later on, he disguised himself as a turtle in order for him to get closer to her.