Philonis

In Greek mythology Philonis (Ancient Greek: Φιλωνίς) was an Attican daughter of DaedalionHyginus, Fabulae [https://topostext.org/work/206#200 200] or of Eosphoros and Cleoboea,Conon, [https://topostext.org/work/489#7 7] from Thoricus. In some accounts, King Deion of Phocus was also called the father of PhilonisHesiod, Catalogue of Women fr. 64.15–18 (Merkelbach & West, p. 41). making her one of the Aeolids, her mother was probably Diomede, daughter of Xuthus. She was the mother of Philammon and Autolycus by Apollo and Hermes, respectively.Hesiod, Catalogue of Women fr. 64 (Merkelbach & West, p. 41). In some accounts, the mother of Philammon was called ChioneOvid, Metamorphoses 11.301 or Leuconoe.Hyginus, Fabulae [https://topostext.org/work/206#161 161]

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References

  • Conon, Fifty Narrations, surviving as one-paragraph summaries in the Bibliotheca (Library) of Photius, Patriarch of Constantinople translated from the Greek by Brady Kiesling. [https://topostext.org/work/489 Online version at the Topos Text Project].
  • 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.]
  • Merkelbach, R., and M. L. West, Fragmenta Hesiodea, Clarendon Press Oxford, 1967. {{ISBN|978-0-198-14171-6}}.
  • Ovid, Metamorphoses translated by Brookes More (1859-1942). Boston, Cornhill Publishing Co. 1922. [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:1999.02.0028 Online version at the Perseus Digital Library.]
  • Ovid, Metamorphoses. Hugo Magnus. Gotha (Germany). Friedr. Andr. Perthes. 1892. [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:1999.02.0029 Latin text available at the Perseus Digital Library].

Category:Mythological people from Attica

Category:Female lovers of Apollo

Category:Mortal parents of demigods in classical mythology

Category:Mythological Phocians

Category:Princesses in Greek mythology

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Category:Women of Hermes

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