Antinoe (daughter of Cepheus)

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Antinoe ( Greek Ἀντινόη Antinoë ), also Autonoe ( Αὐτονόη Autonoë ), is a figure in Greek mythology .

According to the myth, she was a daughter of King Cepheus of Tegea . Following an oracle, she led the people of Mantinea out of their city to found a new city. A snake showed her the way. After the Greek word for snake, , φις , the river on which the new city lay was called Ophis . A monument was erected for Antinoë in Mantineia.

swell

Pausanias , Description of Greece 8,8,4 ; 8.5 .

literature

Jakob Escher-Bürkli : Autonoe 7. In: Paulys Realencyclopädie der classischen Antiquity Science (RE). Volume II, 2, Stuttgart 1896, Col. 2606 ( digitized version ).
Adolf Schirmer : Antinoë 1 . In: Wilhelm Heinrich Roscher (Hrsg.): Detailed lexicon of Greek and Roman mythology . Volume 1,1, Leipzig 1886, column 379 ( digitized version ).
Konrad Wernicke : Antinoe 2 . In: Paulys Realencyclopadie der classischen Antiquity Science (RE). Volume I, 2, Stuttgart 1894, Col. 2438.

Web links

Antinoe in Greek Myth Index (English)

Remarks

↑ Pausanias gives the manuscripts 8,9,5 Αὐτον beiη as names.