Meganeira (daughter of Krokon)

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Meganeira ( Greek  Μεγάνειρα ) is a figure in Greek mythology .

She was the daughter of the Eleusinian king Krokon and married Arkas , the future progenitor of the Arcadians ; with him she begat the sons of Elatos and Apheida .

In other versions of the legend, Laodameia (sometimes called Leaneira ) or the nymph Chrysopeleia are also referred to as the consorts of Arkas.

literature

Individual evidence

  1. Apollodor 3,9,1.
  2. Adolf Schirmer : Arkas 1 . In: Wilhelm Heinrich Roscher (Hrsg.): Detailed lexicon of Greek and Roman mythology . Volume 1,1, Leipzig 1886, Col. 552 f. ( Digitized version ).