Kastianeira

Kastianeira ( ancient Greek Καστιάνειρα Kastiáneira ) is a consort of the Trojan king Priam in Greek mythology .

Kastianeira, according to Homer, came from the Thracian city ​​of Aisyme . She was one of the legitimate wives of Priam and of this mother of Gorgythion , who was killed with an arrow by the eminent archer Teukros in the Trojan War .

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• Homer , Iliad 8: 302-305.

literature

• Karl Scherling: Kastianeira. In: Paulys Realencyclopadie der classischen Antiquity Science (RE). Volume X, 2, Stuttgart 1919, Col. 2345.
• Heinrich Wilhelm Stoll : Kastianeira . In: Wilhelm Heinrich Roscher (Hrsg.): Detailed lexicon of Greek and Roman mythology . Volume 2.1, Leipzig 1894, column 997 ( digitized version ).