Philomela (mother of Patroclus)
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In Greek mythology, Philomela ({{langx|grc|Φιλομήλα}}) is identified by Gaius Julius Hyginus as the wife of Menoetius and mother of Patroclus.Eustathius on Homer, p. 1498; Scholia on Homer, Odyssey 4.343 and 17.134; Hyginus, Fabulae 97{{Cite book|last=Tzetzes|first=John|title=Allegories of the Iliad|publisher=Dumbarton Oaks Medieval Library|year=2015|isbn=978-0-674-96785-4|location=Harvard University Press, Cambridge, Massachusetts, London, England|pages=33, Prologue 430; pp. 41, Prologue 525|translator-last=Goldwyn|translator-first=Adam|translator-last2=Kokkini|translator-first2=Dimitra}} The former was one of the Argonauts and the latter a participant of the Trojan War. However, the Bibliotheca listed three other wives of Menoetius and possible mothers of Patroclus:Apollodorus, 3.13.8
- Periopis,Hyginus, Fabulae 97 daughter of Pheres, founder of Pherae
- Polymele, daughter of Peleus, King of Phthia and an older half-sister to Achilles and
- Sthenele,Scholia on Apollonius Rhodius, Argonautica 1.46Scholia on Homer, Iliad 16.14 daughter of Acastus and Astydameia.
In some accounts, Damocrateia, daughter of Aegina and Zeus was also called the wife of Menoetius and mother of Patroclus.Pythaenetos, quoting the scholiast on Pindar, Olympian Odes 9.107
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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].
- 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.]
- Tzetzes, John, Allegories of the Iliad translated by Goldwyn, Adam J. and Kokkini, Dimitra. Dumbarton Oaks Medieval Library, Harvard University Press, 2015. {{ISBN|978-0-674-96785-4}}
Category:Women in Greek mythology
Category:Mythological Locrians
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