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Though the name Aegina betokens a goat-nymph, [1] such as was Cretan Amalthea, she was given a mainland identity as the daughter of the river-god Asopus and the nymph Metope; [2] of their twelve or twenty daughters, many were ravished by Apollo or Zeus. Aegina bore at least two children: Menoetius by Actor, and Aeacus by Zeus, both
Another daughter, Sinope, tricked three amorous gods into leaving her virginity intact. Inachus , the first king of Argos and progenitor of the Argive line through his son Argus. Nilus , Egyptian river god and the father of numerous daughters who mingled with the descendants of Inachus, forming a dynasty of kings in Egypt, Libya, Arabia and ...
In Greek mythology, Ismene (/ ɪ s ˈ m iː n iː /; Ancient Greek: Ἰσμήνη, Ismēnē) was the naiad daughter of the river-god Asopus by the nymph Metope, daughter of the river Ladon. [1] She was the sister of Aegina , [ 2 ] Salamis , [ 3 ] Pelagon ( Pelasgus [ 4 ] ) and Ismenus . [ 5 ]
It included Nemea, Zeus seizing Aegina, Harpina, Corcyra, Thebe, and Asopus himself. It seems the Phliasians were insistent that Thebe belonged to their Asopus. According to Pherecydes, Asopus also fathered Philyra who became the mother of Hypseus by Peneus. [20] In some sources, Pronoe who was the mother of Phocus by Poseidon was a daughter of ...
In Greek mythology, Aegina was a daughter of the river god Asopus and the nymph Metope. She bore at least two children: Menoetius by Actor, and Aeacus by the god Zeus. When Zeus abducted Aegina, he took her to Oenone, an island close to Attica. Here, Aegina gave birth to Aeacus, who would later become king of Oenone; thenceforth, the island's ...
Stater of Olympia, 468–452 BC. Flying eagle clutching hare (obv.) Winged thunderbolt with volutes (rev.) Aegina, originally known as Oenone, was said to have derived its new name from a daughter of the river-god Asopus, who was carried off to the island by Zeus and there bare him a son named Aeacus. [1]
Pelagon, also called Pelasgus, [2] son of the river-god Asopus by the naiad Metope, daughter of the river Ladon. [3] He was brother to Ismenus, Corcyra, Salamis, Aegina, Peirene, Cleone, Thebe, Tanagra, Thespia, Asopis, Sinope, Ornea, Chalcis, [2] Harpina [4] and Ismene. [5] His sisters were abducted by various gods as punishment for their ...
In Greek mythology, Ismene (/ ɪ s ˈ m iː n iː /; Ancient Greek: Ἰσμήνη, romanized: Ismḗnē) is a Theban princess. She is the daughter and half-sister of Oedipus, king of Thebes, daughter and granddaughter of Jocasta, and sister of Antigone, Eteocles, and Polynices.