Lysianassa
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Lysianassa ({{IPAc-en|ˌ|l|ɪ|ʒ|i|ə|ˈ|n|æ|s|ə}}; Ancient Greek: Λυσιάνασσα means 'the redeeming mistress'{{Cite book|last=Kerényi|first=Carl|title=The Gods of the Greeks|publisher=Thames and Hudson|year=1951|location=London|pages=65}} or 'lady deliverance'{{Cite book|last=Bane|first=Theresa|title=Encyclopedia of Fairies in World Folklore and Mythology|publisher=McFarland, Incorporated, Publishers|year=2013|isbn=9780786471119|page=222}}) is the name of four characters in Greek mythology:
- Lysianassa, the Nereid of royal delivery and one of the 50 marine-nymph daughters of the 'Old Man of the Sea' Nereus and the Oceanid Doris.Hesiod, Theogony 258; Apollodorus, [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Apollod.+1.2.7&fromdoc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.01.0022 1.2.7]
- Lysianassa, an Egyptian princess as the daughter of King EpaphusApollodorus, [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Apollod.+2.5.11&fromdoc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.01.0022%20:book=0:chapter=0&highlight=Lysianassa 2.5.11] (Gantz, [https://archive.org/details/earlygreekmythgu0001gant/page/418/mode/1up?view=theater p. 418]) probably either by MemphisApollodorus, [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Apollod.+2.1.4&fromdoc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.01.0022:book=0:chapter=0&highlight=Memphis 2.1.4]; Tzetzes ad Lycophron, [https://topostext.org/work/860#894 894]{{AI-generated source|date=November 2024}} or Cassiopeia.Hyginus, Fabulae [https://topostext.org/work/206#149 149] She bore Poseidon a son, Busiris, King of Egypt who was killed by Heracles.Apollodorus, [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Apollod.+2.5.11&fromdoc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.01.0022%20:book=0:chapter=0&highlight=Lysianassa 2.5.11]; compare with Plutarch, [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Plut.+Para.+38&fromdoc=Perseus%3Atext%3A2008.01.0220 Parallela minora 38] with Agatho the Samian as the authority claiming: "Busiris's mother was Anippe, daughter of the river-god Nilus" Lysianassa's possible sister, Libya also bore to Poseidon twin sons, Agenor and Belus.Hyginus, Fabulae [https://topostext.org/work/206#160 160]
- Lysianassa, a Sicyonian princess as the daughter of King Polybus. She married King Talaus of Argos and bore him Adrastus and Mecisteus.Herodotus, 5.67 [http://classics.mit.edu/Herodotus/history.5.v.html (MIT - Classics)]; Pausanias, 2.6.6
- Lysianassa, a Trojan princess as the daughter of King Priam of Troy.Hyginus, Fabulae [https://topostext.org/work/206#90 90]
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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. [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.]
- Herodotus, The Histories with an English translation by A. D. Godley. Cambridge. Harvard University Press. 1920. {{ISBN|0-674-99133-8}}. [https://topostext.org/work/22 Online version at the Topos Text Project.] [http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:1999.01.0125 Greek text available at Perseus Digital Library].
- Hesiod, Theogony from The Homeric Hymns and Homerica with an English Translation by Hugh G. Evelyn-White, Cambridge, MA.,Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1914. [http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.01.0130%3Acard%3D1 Online version at the Perseus Digital Library.] [http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:1999.01.0129 Greek text available from the same website].
- Kerényi, Carl, The Gods of the Greeks, Thames and Hudson, London, 1951.
- Lucius Mestrius Plutarchus, Moralia with an English Translation by Frank Cole Babbitt. Cambridge, MA. Harvard University Press. London. William Heinemann Ltd. 1936. [http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:2008.01.0219 Online version at the Perseus Digital Library.] [http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:2008.01.0217 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}}. [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].
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