- Anaxibia
Anaxibia (Ancient Greek: polytonic|Άναξίβια) is the name of five characters in
Greek mythology .*Anaxibia, the daughter of Bias and
Iphianassa , and niece ofMelampus . She marriedPelias , to whom she boreAcastus ,Pisidice ,Pelopia ,Hippothoe ,Alcestis , and Medusa. [Hyginus, Fabulae, 51. LI. Alcestis [http://www.theoi.com/Text/HyginusFabulae2.html] ] [Apollodorus. "Library", [http://www.theoi.com/Text/Apollodorus1.html 1.9.10] .]*Anaxibia, daughter of
Atreus andAerope or, alternatively, ofPleisthenes and Aerope or Pleisthenes and Cleolla (daughter ofDias ), and sister ofAgamemnon andMenelaus . [Hesiod. "Catalogue of Women", 69: Agamemnon [http://www.theoi.com/Text/HesiodCatalogues.html] ] In other sources the sister of theAtrides is instead calledAstyoche (they may be the same person). Astyoche marriedStrophius , king ofPhocis , becoming mother ofPylades . [Hyginus, Fabulae, 117. CXVII. Clytemnestra. [http://www.theoi.com/Text/HyginusFabulae3.html] ] [Hyginus, Fabulae. 119. CXIX. Orestes [http://www.theoi.com/Text/HyginusFabulae3.html] ]*Anaxibia, one of the
Danaids , married toArchelaus , son ofAegyptus . [Apollodorus. "Library", [http://www.theoi.com/Text/Apollodorus2.html 2.1.5] .]*Anaxibia, daughter of
Cratieus . She married Nestor and is the mother ofPisidice ,Polycaste , Perseus,Stratichus ,Aretus ,Echephron , Peisistratus,Antilochus , and Thrasymedes. More commonly, Eurydice is considered to be Nestors's wife and the mother of these children. [Apollodurus. "Library", [http://www.theoi.com/Text/Apollodorus1.html 1.9.9] .]*Anaxibia, a
naiad of theRiver Ganges . She fled from the advances ofHelios . Artemis hid her beneathMount Koryphe . [ [http://www.theoi.com/Titan/HeliosLoves.html Theoi Project - Helios Loves] ]References
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