Cassiopeia (wife of Phoenix)
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In Greek mythology, Cassiopeia (Κασσιόπεια), also Cassiepeia (Κασσιέπεια), was the daughter of Arabus (Arabius) and by King Phoenix of Phoenicia,Gantz, p. 208. the mother of PhineusHesiod, Catalogue of Women [https://www.loebclassics.com/view/hesiod-catalogue_women/2018/pb_LCL503.183.xml fr. 96 Most, pp. 182, 183] [= Merkelbach-West fr. 138 = Scholia on Apollonius of Rhodes's Argonautica 2.178 (Wendel, [https://books.google.com/books?id=0lkhbarJcukC&pg=PA140 p. 140])]. and Carme,Antoninus Liberalis, [https://topostext.org/work/216#40 40] although the latter is more often said to be a daughter of Eubuleus, a Cretan. Other sources claim that she was the mother of the hero Atymnius by her own husbandScholia on Apollonius Rhodius, Argonautica 2.178 [https://archive.org/stream/bub_gb_oBI-AAAAcAAJ#page/n153/mode/2up Greek text pp. 135–136]. or by the god Zeus.Apollodorus, [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Apollod.+3.1.2&fromdoc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.01.0022 3.1.2] Anchinos was also called the son of Cassiopeia and Zeus who seduced her by changing himself into the shape of her husband Phoenix.Pseudo-Clement, Recognitions [http://www.theoi.com/Text/ClementRecognitions.html#22 10.22].
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References
- Antoninus Liberalis, The Metamorphoses of Antoninus Liberalis translated by Francis Celoria (Routledge 1992). [https://topostext.org/work/216 Online version at the Topos Text Project.]
- 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].
- Gantz, Timothy, Early Greek Myth: A Guide to Literary and Artistic Sources, Johns Hopkins University Press, 1996, Two volumes: {{ISBN|978-0-8018-5360-9}} (Vol. 1), {{ISBN|978-0-8018-5362-3}} (Vol. 2).
- Hesiod, Catalogue of Women, in Hesiod: The Shield, Catalogue of Women, Other Fragments, edited and translated by Glenn W. Most, Loeb Classical Library No. 503, Cambridge, Massachusetts, Harvard University Press, 2007, 2018. {{ISBN|978-0-674-99721-9}}. [https://www.loebclassics.com/view/LCL503/2018/volume.xml Online version at Harvard University Press].
- Merkelbach, R., and M. L. West, Fragmenta Hesiodea, Clarendon Press Oxford, 1967. {{ISBN|978-0-19-814171-6}}.
- Pseudo-Clement, Recognitions from Ante-Nicene Library Volume 8, translated by Smith, Rev. Thomas. T. & T. Clark, Edinburgh. 1867. [http://www.theoi.com/Text/ClementRecognitions.html Online version at theio.com]
- Wendel, Carl, Scholia in Apollonium Rhodium vetera, Hildesheim, Weidmann, 1999. {{ISBN|978-3-615-15400-9}}. [https://books.google.com/books?id=0lkhbarJcukC Google Books].
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