Antissa (mythology) explained

In Greek mythology, Antissa (Ancient Greek: Ἄντισσα) was a princess of Lesbos as the daughter of King Macar and probable sister to Methymna,^[1] Mytilene,^[2] Agamede,^[3] Arisbe^[4] and Issa.^[5] Her possible brothers were Cydrolaus, Neandrus, Leucippus^[6] and Eresus.^[7] She was the eponym of the city Antissa on the said island.^[8] In some account, Antissa was claimed to be Macareus' wife instead.^[9]

Note

1. [Diodorus Siculus]
2. [Stephanus of Byzantium]
3. Stephanus of Byzantium, s.v. Agamede (Ἀγαμήδη)
4. Stephanus of Byzantium, s.v. Arisbe (Ἀρίσβη)
5. Stephanus of Byzantium, s.v. Issa (Ἴσσα)
6. [Diodorus Siculus]
7. Stephanus of Byzantium, s.v. Eresos (Ἔρεσος)
8. Philo, Brill's New Jacoby 790 F 26 = Stephanus of Byzantium, s.v. Antissa (Ἄντισσα)
9. Σ vet. Homer, Iliad 24.544c.

References

• Diodorus Siculus, The Library of History translated by Charles Henry Oldfather. Twelve volumes. Loeb Classical Library. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard University Press; London: William Heinemann, Ltd. 1989. Vol. 3. Books 4.59–8. Online version at Bill Thayer's Web Site
• Diodorus Siculus, Bibliotheca Historica. Vol 1-2. Immanel Bekker. Ludwig Dindorf. Friedrich Vogel. in aedibus B. G. Teubneri. Leipzig. 1888–1890. Greek text available at the Perseus Digital Library.
• Stephanus of Byzantium, Stephani Byzantii Ethnicorum quae supersunt, edited by August Meineike (1790–1870), published 1849. A few entries from this important ancient handbook of place names have been translated by Brady Kiesling. Online version at the Topos Text Project.