Astypalaea
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In Greek mythology, Astypalaea (Ancient Greek: Ἀστυπάλαια {{IPA|el|astiˈpalea|}}) or Astypale was a Phoenician princess as the daughter of King PhoenixHyginus, Fabulae [https://topostext.org/work/206#157 157]; Scholia on Euripides, Phoenissae [https://archive.org/details/scholiaineuripi00schwgoog/page/n288/mode/1up?view=theater 5] and Perimede, daughter of Oeneus; thus she was the sister of Europa. In some accounts, her mother was called Telephe and her siblings were Peirus and again Europe.Scholia on Euripides, Phoenissae [https://archive.org/details/scholiaineuripi00schwgoog/page/n288/mode/1up?view=theater 5] Astypale was a lover of Poseidon who seduced her, and had two sons by him: Ancaeus, King of Samos,Pausanias, [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Paus.+7.4.1&fromdoc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.01.0160:boo=0:chapter=0&highlight=Astypalaea 7.4.1] and Eurypylos, King of Kos.Apollodorus, [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Apollod.+2.7.1&fromdoc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.01.0022boo=0:chapter=0&highlight=Astypalaea 2.7.1]
The island of Astypalaia was believed to have been named after her.Stephanus of Byzantium, s.v. Astypalaia
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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. [http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:1999.01.0022 Online version at the Perseus Digital Library.] [http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:1999.01.0021 Greek text available from the same website].
- Gaius Julius Hyginus, Fabulae from The Myths of Hyginus translated and edited by Mary Grant. University of Kansas Publications in Humanistic Studies. [https://topostext.org/work/206 Online version at the Topos Text Project.]
- 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}}. [http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:1999.01.0160 Online version at the Perseus Digital Library]
- Pausanias, Graeciae Descriptio. 3 vols. Leipzig, Teubner. 1903. [http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:1999.01.0159 Greek text available at the Perseus Digital Library].
- Stephanus of Byzantium, Stephani Byzantii Ethnicorum quae supersunt, edited by August Meineike (1790-1870), published 1849. A few entries from this important ancient handbook of place names have been translated by Brady Kiesling. [https://topostext.org/work/241 Online version at the Topos Text Project.]
Category:Princesses in Greek mythology
Category:Mortal parents of demigods in classical mythology
Category:Phoenician characters in Greek mythology
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