Cleopatra (Greek myth)

Set of mythological Greek characters

For other uses, see Cleopatra (disambiguation).

In Greek mythology, Cleopatra (Ancient Greek: Κλεοπάτρα, romanized: Kleopátra means "glory of the father") was the name of the following women:

* Cleopatra (Danaid), daughter of Danaus.[1]
* Cleopatra, daughter of King Tros of Troy and Callirhoe, daughter of the river-god Scamander.[2] She was the sister of Ilus, Assaracus, Ganymede[3] and possibly, Cleomestra.[4] Cleopatra and Cleomestra probably refer to the same individual.
* Cleopatra, daughter of Boreas (North wind) and the Athenian princess, Oreithyia. She was the first wife of Phineus by whom he had a pair of sons, named either Plexippus and Pandion,[5] or Gerymbas and Aspondus,[6] or Polydector (Polydectus) and Polydorus,[7] or Parthenius and Crambis.[8][9]
* Cleopatra Alcyone, wife of Meleager.[10]
* Cleopatra, wife of King Deucalion of Crete and mother of Idomeneus.[11][12]
* Cleopatra and Periboea of Locris, two maidens sent to the Trojan temple of Athena in retribution for Ajax the Lesser's sacrilege. This was done because three years after the Locrians had regained their country, they suffered a plague. Then an oracle bade them to propitiate Athena at Troy, sending two maidens as suppliants for a thousand years. The first lot fell on Periboea and Cleopatra, and after their deaths others were sent.[13]

## Notes

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1. ^ Apollodorus, 2.1.5.4
2. ^ Scholiast on Homer's Iliad 20.231 who refers to Hellanicus as his authority; Tzetzes on Lycophron, 29
3. ^ "Apollodorus, Library, book 3, chapter 12, section 2". www.perseus.tufts.edu. Retrieved 2023-10-10.
4. ^ Dictys Cretensis, 4.22
5. ^ "Apollodorus, Library, book 3, chapter 15, section 2". www.perseus.tufts.edu. Retrieved 2023-10-10.
6. ^ Scholia on Sophocles, Antigone 977 ed. Brunck
7. ^ Krasne, Darcy (2012-12-01). "The Pedant's Curse: Obscurity and Identity in Ovid's Ibis". Dictynna. Revue de poétique latine (in French) (9). doi:10.4000/dictynna.912. ISSN 1765-3142.
8. ^ Scholia on Apollonius Rhodius, Argonautica 2.140
9. ^ Dräger (2007)
10. ^ Homer, Iliad 9.562
11. ^ Tzetzes, Homeric Allegories Prologue 587
12. ^ Tzetzes on Lycophron, 431
13. ^ Apollodorus, Epitome 6.20–21

## References

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* 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.
* Dictys Cretensis, from The Trojan War. The Chronicles of Dictys of Crete and Dares the Phrygian translated by Richard McIlwaine Frazer, Jr. (1931-). Indiana University Press. 1966. Online version at the Topos Text Project.
* Dräger, P. (2007), "Phineus", in H. Cancik; H. Schneider (eds.), Brill's New Pauly: Antiquity, vol. 11 (Phi–Prok), ISBN 978-90-04-14216-9.
* Homer, The Iliad with an English Translation by A.T. Murray, Ph.D. in two volumes. Cambridge, MA., Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann, Ltd. 1924. ISBN 978-0674995796. Online version at the Perseus Digital Library.
* Homer, Homeri Opera in five volumes. Oxford, Oxford University Press. 1920. ISBN 978-0198145318. Greek text available at the Perseus Digital Library.

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