Aristodeme Explained

In Greek mythology, Aristodeme (Ancient Greek: Ἀριστοδήμη) was the name of two women:

• Aristodeme, a Sicyonian woman, who, according to a local tradition of Sicyon, became the mother of the demigod Aratus by Asclepius, who came to her in the form of a dragon. A painting of her and the dragon existed at Sicyon in the temple of Asclepius.^[1]
• Aristodeme, a Trojan princess as one of the daughters of King Priam of Troy by an unknown woman.^[2]

Notes

1. [Pausanias (geographer)|Pausanias]
2. [Bibliotheca (Pseudo-Apollodorus)|Apollodorus]

References

• Apollodorus, The Library with an English Translation by Sir James George Frazer, F.B.A., F.R.S. in 2 Volumes, Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1921. ISBN 0-674-99135-4. Online version at the Perseus Digital Library. Greek text available from the same website.