Comaetho, a
nymph of a spring who incessantly mingles her waters with those of the river god
Cydnus, who in one passage of
Nonnus' Dionysiaca is said to be her father,[2] and in another her consort.[3]
Comaetho, a beautiful girl of
Patrae who served as priestess in the temple of
Artemis Triclaria and was in love with
Melanippus. They were not allowed to marry each other, so they met secretly in the temple and had sex together. The outraged goddess sent famine and plague upon the city; to propitiate her, the inhabitants had to sacrifice both Comaetho and Melanippus to her. Since then, a young man and a young girl were sacrificed to the goddess each year until, in accordance with the instructions of the
Delphian oracle, a strange king (
Eurypylus, son of Euaemon) introduced the worship of a new deity (
Dionysus, whose image he brought from
Troy) in Patrae, thus both putting an end to the sacrifices and curing himself of madness which had been sent upon him when he had first looked at the god's image.[4]
Comaetho, the daughter of
Pterelaos and princess of the
Taphians.[5] The Taphians were at war with
Thebes, led by
Amphitryon, with whom Comaetho fell in love. The Taphians remained invincible until Comaetho, out of love for Amphitryon, plucked out the single golden hair, possession of which had bestowed upon her father the gifts of immortality and invincibility. Having defeated the enemy, Amphitryon put Comaetho to death in retribution for her deed of filial perfidy and handed over the kingdom of the Taphians to
Cephalus.[6][7] The story is parallel to that of
Scylla (princess); compare also
Pisidice and
Leucophrye.
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Comaetho, a
nymph of a spring who incessantly mingles her waters with those of the river god
Cydnus, who in one passage of
Nonnus' Dionysiaca is said to be her father,[2] and in another her consort.[3]
Comaetho, a beautiful girl of
Patrae who served as priestess in the temple of
Artemis Triclaria and was in love with
Melanippus. They were not allowed to marry each other, so they met secretly in the temple and had sex together. The outraged goddess sent famine and plague upon the city; to propitiate her, the inhabitants had to sacrifice both Comaetho and Melanippus to her. Since then, a young man and a young girl were sacrificed to the goddess each year until, in accordance with the instructions of the
Delphian oracle, a strange king (
Eurypylus, son of Euaemon) introduced the worship of a new deity (
Dionysus, whose image he brought from
Troy) in Patrae, thus both putting an end to the sacrifices and curing himself of madness which had been sent upon him when he had first looked at the god's image.[4]
Comaetho, the daughter of
Pterelaos and princess of the
Taphians.[5] The Taphians were at war with
Thebes, led by
Amphitryon, with whom Comaetho fell in love. The Taphians remained invincible until Comaetho, out of love for Amphitryon, plucked out the single golden hair, possession of which had bestowed upon her father the gifts of immortality and invincibility. Having defeated the enemy, Amphitryon put Comaetho to death in retribution for her deed of filial perfidy and handed over the kingdom of the Taphians to
Cephalus.[6][7] The story is parallel to that of
Scylla (princess); compare also
Pisidice and
Leucophrye.
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.