Hegesandra
Spartan princess in Greek mythology
| Hegesandra | |
|---|---|
Princess of Sparta | |
| Member of the Spartan Royal Family | |
| Other names | Hegesandre |
| Abode | Sparta |
| Genealogy | |
| Parents | Amyclas and Diomede |
| Siblings | Argalus, Cynortas, Hyacinthus, Laodamia (or Leanira), Harpalus and ?Polyboea half-sister by Amyclas: ?Daphne |
| Consort | Argeus |
| Children | Melanion, Alector and Boethoos |
In Greek mythology, Hegesandra (Ancient Greek: Ή γησάνδρας) or Hegesandre (Ήγησάνδρην) was a Spartan princess as the daughter of King Amyclas[1].
Family
Hegesandra’s possible mother was Diomede, daughter of Lapithes, and thus probably the sister of Argalus,[2] Cynortes,[3] Hyacinthus,[4] Laodamia[5] (or Leanira[6]), Harpalus,[7] Polyboea,[8] and in other versions, of Daphne.[9]
Hegesandra married Argeius, son of King Pelops of Pisa. The couple had three sons: Melanion, Alector and Boethoos.[10]
Notes
- ^ Scholia ad Homer, Odyssey 4.10 & 22; Pherecydes, fr. 132
- ^ Pausanias, 3.1.3
- ^ Apollodorus, 1.9.5 & 3.10.3; Pausanias, 3.13.1
- ^ Apollodorus, 3.10.3; Pausanias, 3.1.3
- ^ Pausanias, 10.9.5
- ^ Apollodorus, 3.9.1
- ^ Pausanias, 7.18.5 (Achaica)
- ^ Pausanias, 3.19.4
- ^ Parthenius, 15
- ^ Pherecydes, fr. 132 named all three children of the couple, Scholia ad Homer, Odyssey 4.22 mentioned both Alector and Boethoos as the sons while on 4.10 listed only Alector.
References
- Apollodorus, The Library with an English Translation by Sir James George Frazer, F.B.A., F.R.S. in 2 Volumes, Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1921. ISBN 0-674-99135-4. Online version at the Perseus Digital Library. Greek text available from the same website.
- 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. ISBN 0-674-99328-4. Online version at the Perseus Digital Library
- Pausanias, Graeciae Descriptio. 3 vols. Leipzig, Teubner. 1903. Greek text available at the Perseus Digital Library.
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