Mideia (mother of Likymnios)

Mideia ( ancient Greek Μίδεια or Midea Μιδέα ) is the mother of Likymnios in Greek mythology , whom she fathered with Elektryon . Since Elektryon was married to Anaxo , the daughter of Alcaios , Likymnios the Pindar was considered to be the bogus brother of Alcmene .

Mideia was the eponym of the city of Midea in the Argolis . Their origins from Phrygia , mentioned several times, are probably a late invention based on the similarity of their name to Midas , the name of several Phrygian kings.

literature

Karl Tümpel : Midea, Mideia 2b . In: Wilhelm Heinrich Roscher (Hrsg.): Detailed lexicon of Greek and Roman mythology . Volume 2.2, Leipzig 1897, column 2968 ( digitized version ).

Individual evidence

↑ Pindar, Olympic Odes 7, 50–52; Scholion at Pindar, Olympic Oden 7, 46; 49-50; 52; Libraries of Apollodorus 2, 4, 5; Johannes Tzetzes , ad Lycophronem 932.
↑ Scholion zu Pindar, Olympic Odes 7:50 ; Libraries of Apollodorus 2, 4, 5; Johannes Tzetzes, ad Lycophronem 932.

[1] Pindar, Olympic Odes 7, 50–52; Scholion at Pindar, Olympic Oden 7, 46; 49-50; 52; Libraries of Apollodorus 2, 4, 5; Johannes Tzetzes , ad Lycophronem 932.

[2] Scholion zu Pindar, Olympic Odes 7:50 ; Libraries of Apollodorus 2, 4, 5; Johannes Tzetzes, ad Lycophronem 932.