Methone, the
nymph-consort of
Pierus, king of
Pieria, and by the latter, became the mother of
Oeagrus, father of
Orpheus.[3] In some accounts rather, she was called the sister of Pierus.[4]
Methone or Mothone (Μοθώνη), a bastard daughter of King
Oeneus of
Calydon by a concubine.[5] She was the eponymous heroine who gave her name to
Methone in
Messenia.
Methone, wife of King
Poeas of
Meliboea and mother of
Philoctetes.[6] Otherwise, the latter's mother was called
Demonassa.[7] This Methone may be the same as the above character.
John Tzetzes, Book of Histories, Book V-VI translated by Konstantinos Ramiotis from the original Greek of T. Kiessling's edition of 1826.
Online version at theio.com.
Suida, Suda Encyclopedia translated by Ross Scaife, David Whitehead, William Hutton, Catharine Roth, Jennifer Benedict, Gregory Hays, Malcolm Heath Sean M. Redmond, Nicholas Fincher, Patrick Rourke, Elizabeth Vandiver, Raphael Finkel, Frederick Williams, Carl Widstrand, Robert Dyer, Joseph L. Rife, Oliver Phillips and many others.
Online version at the Topos Text Project.
This article includes a list of Greek mythological figures with the same or similar names. If an
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Methone, the
nymph-consort of
Pierus, king of
Pieria, and by the latter, became the mother of
Oeagrus, father of
Orpheus.[3] In some accounts rather, she was called the sister of Pierus.[4]
Methone or Mothone (Μοθώνη), a bastard daughter of King
Oeneus of
Calydon by a concubine.[5] She was the eponymous heroine who gave her name to
Methone in
Messenia.
Methone, wife of King
Poeas of
Meliboea and mother of
Philoctetes.[6] Otherwise, the latter's mother was called
Demonassa.[7] This Methone may be the same as the above character.
John Tzetzes, Book of Histories, Book V-VI translated by Konstantinos Ramiotis from the original Greek of T. Kiessling's edition of 1826.
Online version at theio.com.
Suida, Suda Encyclopedia translated by Ross Scaife, David Whitehead, William Hutton, Catharine Roth, Jennifer Benedict, Gregory Hays, Malcolm Heath Sean M. Redmond, Nicholas Fincher, Patrick Rourke, Elizabeth Vandiver, Raphael Finkel, Frederick Williams, Carl Widstrand, Robert Dyer, Joseph L. Rife, Oliver Phillips and many others.
Online version at the Topos Text Project.
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.