Ctimene
{{Short description|Daughter of Laertes, sister of Odysseus}}
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In Greek mythology, Ctimene ({{IPAc-en|ˈ|t|ɪ|m|ɪ||n|i|}} {{respell|TIM|in|ee}};{{cite book|last1=Gardner|first1=Dorsey|title=Webster's Condensed Dictionary|date=1887|publisher=George Routledge and Sons|page=716|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=aU0yAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA716|accessdate=10 April 2018|archive-date=25 May 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240525100404/https://books.google.com/books?id=aU0yAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA716#v=onepage&q&f=false|url-status=live}} {{langx|grc|Κτιμένη|Ktiménē}}, {{IPA|grc|ktiménɛː}}) was an Ithacan princess as the daughter of King Laertes and Anticlea, and wife of Eurylochus.
Family
Ctimene was the younger sister of Odysseus, the legendary king of Ithaca and is the wife of Eurylochus.Homer, Odyssey [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.01.0218%3Abook%3D15%3Acard%3D7 15.363] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240312140822/https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:1999.01.0218:book%3D15:card%3D7 |date=2024-03-12 }}
Mythology
Ctimene was raised by her parents alongside the servant Eumaeus who was treated almost as her equal. She was married off to Eurylochus of Same for a massive bride price.Pierer's Universal-Lexikon, Volume 9. Altenburg 1860, p. 868. ([http://www.zeno.org/Pierer-1857/A/Ktimĕne?hl=ktimene online copy (German)] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240312140822/http://www.zeno.org/Pierer-1857/A/Ktim%C4%95ne?hl=ktimene |date=2024-03-12 }})Homer, Odyssey 15.365–367 Her husband accompanied Odysseus on his journey from Troy but, like all of Odysseus's men, died before reaching home.
Notes
References
- Odyssey, 15.361–379.
- Homer, The Odyssey with an English Translation by A.T. Murray, PH.D. in two volumes. Cambridge, MA., Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann, Ltd. 1919. {{ISBN|978-0674995611|}}. [http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:1999.01.0136 Online version at the Perseus Digital Library.] [http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:1999.01.0135 Greek text available from the same website].
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Category:Princesses in Greek mythology
Category:Characters in the Odyssey
Category:Mythological Ithacans
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