Phylomache

Phylomache or Philomache ( ancient Greek Φυλομάχη or Φιλομάχη ) is in Greek mythology a daughter of the Iasid Amphion , king of the Boeotian Orchomenos . When Mother is Persephone , daughter of Minyas called, but is also the mother of Amphion. Her sister was the younger Chloris , who was married to Neleus . She herself is named as the wife of the Neleus brother Pelias , who is otherwise passed down as Anaxibia . As the wife of Pelias, Akastus , Hippothoe , Peisidike , Pelopeia and Alcestis are to be assigned as children.

literature

• Otto Höfer : Philomache . In: Wilhelm Heinrich Roscher (Hrsg.): Detailed lexicon of Greek and Roman mythology . Volume 3.2, Leipzig 1909, column 2343 ( digitized version ).

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Scholion to Homer, Odyssey 11, 283.
2. ↑ Homer , Odyssey 11, 283.
3. ↑ ^{a b} Libraries of Apollodor 1, 9, 10 ;.
4. ↑ Otto Höfer: Philomache . In: Wilhelm Heinrich Roscher (Hrsg.): Detailed lexicon of Greek and Roman mythology . Volume 3.2, Leipzig 1909, column 2343 ( digitized version ). accidentally calls her the wife of Bias , not Pelias.