Chalciope, daughter of King
Aeëtes of
Colchis, sister of
Medea and wife of
Phrixus, by whom she had four sons:
Argus,
Phrontis,
Melas and
Cytisorus (some authors add
Presbon).[1][2][3][4] When Aeetes was dethroned and banished by his brother
Perses, Chalciope expressed great filial devotion and stayed by her father's side,[5] even though he had killed her husband.[2]Hesiod referred to her as Iophossa (Ιoφώσσης),[6] and
Pherecydes as Euenia (Εύηνίαν).[7]
Chalciope, daughter of
Rhexenor[8] (or of King
Chalcodon of Euboea[9]) and the second wife of
Aegeas, with whom he had no heirs.
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.
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Chalciope, daughter of King
Aeëtes of
Colchis, sister of
Medea and wife of
Phrixus, by whom she had four sons:
Argus,
Phrontis,
Melas and
Cytisorus (some authors add
Presbon).[1][2][3][4] When Aeetes was dethroned and banished by his brother
Perses, Chalciope expressed great filial devotion and stayed by her father's side,[5] even though he had killed her husband.[2]Hesiod referred to her as Iophossa (Ιoφώσσης),[6] and
Pherecydes as Euenia (Εύηνίαν).[7]
Chalciope, daughter of
Rhexenor[8] (or of King
Chalcodon of Euboea[9]) and the second wife of
Aegeas, with whom he had no heirs.
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
This article includes a list of Greek mythological figures with the same or similar names. If an
internal link for a specific Greek mythology article referred you to this page, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended Greek mythology article, if one exists.