Philyra, one of the names given to the wife of
Nauplius, who was the father of
Palamedes,
Oiax and
Nausimedon. The mythographer
Apollodorus reports that, in the Nostoi (Returns), an early epic from the
Trojan cycle of poems about the
Trojan War, Nauplius' wife was Philyra, and that according to
Cercops his wife was
Hesione, but that according to the "tragic poets" his wife was
Clymene.[2]
Philyra or Phillyra, daughter of the river
Asopus, and the mother of
Hypseus by
Peneius.[3] The same source points out that phillyra's real name is
Creusa is given instead of her.
Grimal, Pierre, The Dictionary of Classical Mythology, Wiley-Blackwell, 1996.
ISBN978-0-631-20102-1.
Hard, Robin, The Routledge Handbook of Greek Mythology: Based on H.J. Rose's "Handbook of Greek Mythology", Psychology Press, 2004,
ISBN9780415186360.
Google Books.
Tripp, Edward, Crowell's Handbook of Classical Mythology, Thomas Y. Crowell Co; First edition (June 1970).
ISBN069022608X.
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.
Philyra, one of the names given to the wife of
Nauplius, who was the father of
Palamedes,
Oiax and
Nausimedon. The mythographer
Apollodorus reports that, in the Nostoi (Returns), an early epic from the
Trojan cycle of poems about the
Trojan War, Nauplius' wife was Philyra, and that according to
Cercops his wife was
Hesione, but that according to the "tragic poets" his wife was
Clymene.[2]
Philyra or Phillyra, daughter of the river
Asopus, and the mother of
Hypseus by
Peneius.[3] The same source points out that phillyra's real name is
Creusa is given instead of her.
Grimal, Pierre, The Dictionary of Classical Mythology, Wiley-Blackwell, 1996.
ISBN978-0-631-20102-1.
Hard, Robin, The Routledge Handbook of Greek Mythology: Based on H.J. Rose's "Handbook of Greek Mythology", Psychology Press, 2004,
ISBN9780415186360.
Google Books.
Tripp, Edward, Crowell's Handbook of Classical Mythology, Thomas Y. Crowell Co; First edition (June 1970).
ISBN069022608X.
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.