Iphianassa Explained

In Greek mythology, Iphianassa (; Ancient Greek: Ίφιάνασσα Īphianassa means 'strong queen' or 'rule strongly'^[1]) is a name that refers to several characters.

• Iphianassa, one of the 50 Nereids, marine-nymph daughters of the 'Old Man of the Sea' Nereus and the Oceanid Doris.^[2]
• Iphianassa, consort of King Endymion of Elis and mother of Aetolus.^{[3] [4]} The wife of Endymion was otherwise known as Asterodia, Chromia, Hyperippe or a nameless Naiad nymph.^{[5] [6]}
• Iphianassa, one of the three maenadic daughters of the Argive king Proetus by Stheneboea who were purified of their madness by Melampus. Iphianassa eventually married Melampus.^{[7] [8]}
• Iphianassa, a Mycenaean princess as the daughter of King Agamemnon and Clytemnestra.^[9]
• Iphianassa, mother of Menalces by Medon of Cilla. Her son was killed by Neoptolemus.^[10]

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.
• Graves, Robert, The Greek Myths, Harmondsworth, London, England, Penguin Books, 1960.
• Homer, The Iliad with an English Translation by A.T. Murray, Ph.D. in two volumes. Cambridge, MA., Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann, Ltd. 1924. . Online version at the Perseus Digital Library.
• Homer, Homeri Opera in five volumes. Oxford, Oxford University Press. 1920. . Greek text available at the Perseus Digital Library.
• Lucian of Samosata, Dialogues of the Sea Gods translated by Fowler, H W and F G. Oxford: The Clarendon Press. 1905. Online version at theoi.com
• Luciani Samosatensis, Opera. Vol I. Karl Jacobitz. in aedibus B. G. Teubneri. Leipzig. 1896. Greek text available at the Perseus Digital Library.
• 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.

Notes and References

1. Book: Bane, Theresa. Encyclopedia of Fairies in World Folklore and Mythology. McFarland, Incorporated, Publishers. 2013. 9780786471119. 191.
2. [Lucian]
3. [Bibliotheca (Pseudo-Apollodorus)|Apollodorus]
4. Book: Graves, Robert. The Greek Myths. Penguin Books. 1960. 978-0143106715. Harmondsworth, London, England. 64.a.
5. [Pausanias (geographer)|Pausanias]
6. http://www.ancientlibrary.com/smith-bio/1124.html William Smith, Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, v. 2, page 16, under Endymion
7. Apollodorus, 2.2.2; Servius on Virgil, Eclogue 6.48
8. Book: Graves, Robert. The Greek Myths. Penguin Books. 1960. 978-0143106715. Harmondsworth, London, England. 72.g, j, k.
9. [Homer]
10. [Quintus Smyrnaeus]