Issa (mythology)
In Greek mythology, Issa (/ˈiːsɑː/; Ancient Greek: Ἴσσα) or Isse may refer to three people:
- Isse, daughter of Macareus and Canace, children of Aeolus, and a lover of Apollo.[1] She was usually called Amphissa.[2]
- Issa, the eponymous nymph of Issa (Lesbos). She became the mother of the prophet Prylis by Hermes.[3] This son predicted to the Greeks that they would take Troy by means of the Wooden Horse.[4] She may be the daughter of King Macar[5] and thus, possibly the sister of Mytilene,[6] Agamede,[7] Antissa,[8] Arisbe,[9] Methymna,[10] Cydrolaus, Neandrus, Leucippus[11] and Eresus.[12]
- Achilles, who in some versions of Achilles on Skyros went by the alias Issa when disguised as a girl. In other versions, he was called Pyrrha or Kerkysera.
Notes
[edit]- ^ Ovid, Metamorphoses 6.103
- ^ Pausanias, 10.38.4
- ^ Tzetzes ad Lycophron, 220
- ^ Hornblower, Simon (2017). Lykophron: Alexandra, Greek Text, Translation, Commentary, and Introduction. Great Clarendon Street, Oxford, OX2 6DP, United Kingdom: Oxford Press. p. 172. ISBN 978-0-19-881064-3.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location (link) - ^ Stephanus of Byzantium, s.v. Issa
- ^ Stephanus of Byzantium, s.v. Mytilēnē (Μυτιλήνη)
- ^ Stephanus of Byzantium, s.v. Agamede (Ἀγαμήδη)
- ^ Stephanus of Byzantium, s.v. Antissa (Ἄντισσα)
- ^ Stephanus of Byzantium, s.v. Arisbe (Ἀρίσβη)
- ^ Diodorus Siculus, 5.81.6
- ^ Diodorus Siculus, 5.81.8
- ^ Stephanus of Byzantium, s.v. Eresos (Ἔρεσος)
References
[edit]- Diodorus Siculus, The Library of History translated by Charles Henry Oldfather. Twelve volumes. Loeb Classical Library. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard University Press; London: William Heinemann, Ltd. 1989. Vol. 3. Books 4.59–8. Online version at Bill Thayer's Web Site
- Diodorus Siculus, Bibliotheca Historica. Vol 1-2. Immanel Bekker. Ludwig Dindorf. Friedrich Vogel. in aedibus B. G. Teubneri. Leipzig. 1888–1890. Greek text available at the Perseus Digital Library.
- 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.
- Publius Ovidius Naso, Metamorphoses translated by Brookes More (1859-1942). Boston, Cornhill Publishing Co. 1922. Online version at the Perseus Digital Library.
- Publius Ovidius Naso, Metamorphoses. Hugo Magnus. Gotha (Germany). Friedr. Andr. Perthes. 1892. Latin text available at the Perseus Digital Library.
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