Antimache

Antimache ( Greek  Ἀντιμάχη ) is a figure in Greek mythology .

In the literary tradition, Antimache is the daughter of Amphidamas from Tegea , whose name, according to an inscription on a relief in the Villa Albani, is Admete . She is the sister of Meilanion and marries Eurystheus , the king of Mycenae and Tiryns . From this she becomes the mother of the priestess Admete and the six sons Alexandros, Iphimedon, Eurybios , Mentor, Perimedes and Eurypylos .

Remarks

1. ↑ Libraries of Apollodorus 3, 9, 2.
2. ↑ CIG 5984G.
3. ↑ Libraries of Apollodorus 2, 5, 9.
4. ^ Libraries of Apollodorus 2, 8, 1.
5. ↑ Athenaios , Deipnosophistai 4, 157 f.

literature

• Adolf Schirmer : Antimache . In: Wilhelm Heinrich Roscher (Hrsg.): Detailed lexicon of Greek and Roman mythology . Volume 1.1, Leipzig 1886, Col. 377 f. ( Digitized version ).
• Richard Wagner : Antimache . In: Paulys Realencyclopadie der classischen Antiquity Science (RE). Volume I, 2, Stuttgart 1894, Col. 2432.