Astymedusa
Mycenaean princess in Greek mythology
In Greek mythology , Astymedusa ( Ancient Greek : Ἀστυμέδουσα , Astymédousa ) or simply Medusa , was a Mycenaean princess as daughter of King Sthenelus and Nicippe , daughter of Pelops .
She was occasionally named as a later wife of Oedipus . After parting with Jocasta or after the death of Euryganeia , who was his second wife, [1] Oedipus married Astymedousa. [2] Astymedusa accused Polynices and Eteocles of attempting to rape her, thus driving Oedipus into a frenzy. [3] This is held as an alternate cause for the curse which led to the fraternal discord at the heart of the myth of the wars at Thebes . [4]
Notes
- ↑ Pausanias , Graeciae Descriptio 9.5.11 ; cf. Watson (1994 , p. 237) .
- ↑ The Scholia to Iliad 4.376 places the union following Oedipus' discovery that Jocasta was his mother; the marriage took place following Euryganeia's death according to the scholia to Euripides , Phoenissae 53 (citing Pherecydes , FGrHist 3 F 48).
- ↑ Eustathius on Homer , Iliad 4.376–81 (vol. i, p. 767) .
- ↑ Watson (1994 , p. 237) .
References
- Pausanias , Description of Greece with an English Translation by W.H.S. Jones, Litt.D., and H.A. Ormerod, M.A., in 4 Volumes. Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1918. ISBN 0-674-99328-4 . Online version at the Perseus Digital Library
- Pausanias, Graeciae Descriptio. 3 vols . Leipzig, Teubner. 1903. Greek text available at the Perseus Digital Library .
Bibliography
- Watson, P.A. (1994), Ancient Stepmothers: Myth, Misogyny and Reality , Leiden, ISBN 9004101764 .
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