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In Greek mythology, Pheme (/ ˈ f iː m iː / FEE-mee; Greek: Φήμη, Phēmē; Roman equivalent: Fama), also known as Ossa in Homeric sources, [1] was the personification of fame and renown, her favour being notability, her wrath being scandalous rumours.
In Greek mythology, the name Iphianeira (/ ˌ ɪ f i ə ˈ n aɪər ə /; Ancient Greek: Ἰφιάνειρα) may refer to two women, great-grandmother and great-granddaughter: [1] Iphianeira, daughter of Megapenthes and wife of Melampus, mother of Antiphates, Bias, Pronoe and Manto.
In Greek mythology, Hypsipyle (Ancient Greek: Ὑψιπύλη, romanized: Hypsipýlē) [1] was a queen of Lemnos, and the daughter of King Thoas of Lemnos, and the granddaughter of Dionysus and Ariadne. When the women of Lemnos killed all the males on the island, Hypsipyle saved her father Thoas.
Greek text available at the Perseus Digital Library. This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Smith, William, ed. (1870). "Abrota". Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology
Anticlea was the daughter of Autolycus [1] and Amphithea. [2] The divine trickster and messenger of the gods, Hermes, was her paternal grandfather.Anticlea was the mother of Odysseus [3] by Laërtes [4] (though some say by Sisyphus [5]).
In Greek mythology, Alcmene (/ æ l k ˈ m iː n iː / alk-MEE-nee; Attic Greek: Ἀλκμήνη, romanized: Alkmḗnē) or Alcmena (/ æ l k ˈ m iː n ə / alk-MEE-nə; Doric Greek: Ἀλκμάνα, romanized: Alkmána; Latin: Alcumena; meaning "strong in wrath" [1]) was the wife of Amphitryon, by whom she bore two children, Iphicles and Laonome.
In Greek mythology, the name Cleoboea (Ancient Greek: Κλεόβοια, romanized: Kleóboia) refers to multiple women: Cleoboea, daughter of Criasus and Melantho, sister of Phorbas and Ereuthalion. [1] Cleoboea, mother of Eurythemis. Her daughter was married to King Thestius of Pleuron in Aetolia. [2] Cleoboea herself is otherwise unknown.
In Greek mythology, Ossa (Ancient Greek: Όσσα) or Assa was the mother of King Sithon of Thrace by the sea god Poseidon. [1] Her son was notorious for killing the wooers of his daughter, Pallene. [1] In some accounts, the war-god Ares and Anchiroe were called the parents of Sithon. [2] [3]