Automedusa Explained

In Greek mythology, Automedusa (Ancient Greek: Greek, Ancient (to 1453);: Αὐτομεδούση or Greek, Ancient (to 1453);: Αὐτομέδουσα) was a Megarian princess as the daughter of King Alcathous either by his first wife, Pyrgo or second spouse, Evaechme, daughter of King Megareus of Megara.^[1] Thus, she was the sister of Ischepolis,^[2] Callipolis,^[3] Iphinoe and Periboea.^[4] Automedusa married Heracles's half-brother Iphicles and had by him a son Iolaus, who became the charioteer of Heracles.^[5]

Notes

1. [Pausanias (geographer)|Pausanias]
2. Pausanias, 1.43.2
3. Pausanias, 1.42.6 & 1.43.5
4. [Bibliotheca (Pseudo-Apollodorus)|Apollodorus]
5. Apollodorus, 2.4.11

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. . Online version at the Perseus Digital Library. Greek text available from the same website.
• 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. . Online version at the Perseus Digital Library
• Pausanias, Graeciae Descriptio. 3 vols. Leipzig, Teubner. 1903. Greek text available at the Perseus Digital Library.