Demonice of Aetolia
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In Greek mythology, Demonice ({{IPAc-en|ˌ|d|ɛ|m|ə|ˈ|n|aɪ|s|iː}}; {{langx|grc|Δημονίκη|Dēmonī́kē}}) was a Aetolian princess as the daughter of King Agenor of Pleuron and Epicaste and thus sister of Porthaon and in some account, Thestius.Pausanias, [http://data.perseus.org/citations/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0525.tlg001.perseus-eng1:3.13.8 3.13.8]. She bore Ares four sons: Evenus, Molus, Pylus, and Thestius.Apollodorus, [http://data.perseus.org/citations/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0548.tlg001.perseus-eng1:1.7.7 1.7.7]. Her son's names may be intended to be eponyms, with Evenus corresponding to the river Evinos in Aetolia; Pylus to the Aetolian city of Pylene between the rivers Achelous and Evenos; and Molus to the people named Molossians from Epirus. Demonice was also known as DemodiceScholia on Apollonius Rhodius, Argonautica 1.146 (Δημοδίκη) or Demodoce.Scholia on Homer, Iliad 14.200; on Odyssey 1.98
Mythology
Demonice was recounted by Hesiod in his Catalogue of Women in the following lines:
Demodoce whom very many of men on earth, mighty princes, wooed, promising splendid gifts, because of her exceeding beauty.Hesiod. Catalogue of Women, fr. 22; Porphyrius. Quaest. Hom. ad Iliad. pert. p. 189. {{PD-notice}}
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References
- 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}}. [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:1999.01.0022 Online version at the Perseus Digital Library.] [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:1999.01.0021 Greek text available from the same website].
- 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}}. [https://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. [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:1999.01.0159 Greek text available at the Perseus Digital Library].
Category:Mortal parents of demigods in classical mythology
Category:Women in Greek mythology
Category:Mythological Aetolians
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