Issa (mythology) explained

In Greek mythology, Issa (/ˈiːsɑː/; Ancient Greek: Ἴσσα) or Isse may refer to three people:

• Isse, daughter of Macareus and Canace, children of Aeolus, and a lover of Apollo.^[1] She was usually called Amphissa.^[2]
• Issa, the eponymous nymph of Issa (Lesbos). She became the mother of the prophet Prylis by Hermes.^[3] This son predicted to the Greeks that they would take Troy by means of the Wooden Horse.^[4] She may be the daughter of King Macar^[5] and thus, possibly the sister of Mytilene,^[6] Agamede,^[7] Antissa,^[8] Arisbe,^[9] Methymna,^[10] Cydrolaus, Neandrus, Leucippus^[11] and Eresus.^[12]
• Achilles, who in some versions of Achilles on Skyros went by the alias Issa when disguised as a girl. In other versions, he was called Pyrrha or Kerkysera.

Notes

1. [Ovid]
2. [Pausanias (geographer)|Pausanias]
3. [John Tzetzes|Tzetzes]
4. Book: Hornblower, Simon. Lykophron: Alexandra, Greek Text, Translation, Commentary, and Introduction. Oxford Press. 2017. 978-0-19-881064-3. Great Clarendon Street, Oxford, OX2 6DP, United Kingdom. 172.
5. [Stephanus of Byzantium]
6. [Stephanus of Byzantium]
7. Stephanus of Byzantium, s.v. Agamede (Ἀγαμήδη)
8. Stephanus of Byzantium, s.v. Antissa (Ἄντισσα)
9. Stephanus of Byzantium, s.v. Arisbe (Ἀρίσβη)
10. [Diodorus Siculus]
11. Diodorus Siculus, 5.81.8
12. Stephanus of Byzantium, s.v. Eresos (Ἔρεσος)

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.
• 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.
• Publius Ovidius Naso, Metamorphoses translated by Brookes More (1859-1942). Boston, Cornhill Publishing Co. 1922. Online version at the Perseus Digital Library.
• Publius Ovidius Naso, Metamorphoses. Hugo Magnus. Gotha (Germany). Friedr. Andr. Perthes. 1892. Latin text available at the Perseus Digital Library.