Anaxo (daughter of Alcaios)
Anaxo ( Greek Ἀναξώ ) is a figure in Greek mythology .
She is the daughter of Alcaios , the king of Tiryns , who is a son of Perseus and Andromeda . According to tradition , her mother is called Hipponome , the daughter of Menoikeus , Astydameia , the daughter of Pelops , or Laonome , the daughter of Guneus . Your brother is Amphitryon .
Anaxo marries Elektryon , her father's brother and King of Mycenae and Midea . Together they have ten children: Alkmene , the mother of Heracles , and the nine sons Stratobates , Gorgophonos , Phylonomos , Kelaineus , Amphimachos , Lysinomos , Cheirimachos , Anaktor and Archelaos .
swell
- Libraries of Apollodorus 2, 4, 5.
- Pausanias : Description of Greece 8, 14, 2.
literature
- Georg Oertel : Anaxo 1) . In: Wilhelm Heinrich Roscher (Hrsg.): Detailed lexicon of Greek and Roman mythology . Volume 1,1, Leipzig 1886, column 336 ( digitized version ).
- Karl Tümpel : Anaxo 1) . In: Paulys Realencyclopadie der classischen Antiquity Science (RE). Volume I, 2, Stuttgart 1894, Col. 2099 f.