Philomela (mother of Patroclus)
In Greek mythology Philomela (Ancient Greek: Φιλομήλα) is identified by Gaius Julius Hyginus as the wife of Menoetius and mother of Patroclus.[1][2] The former was one of the Argonauts and the latter a participant of the Trojan War. However the Bibliotheca listed three other wives of Menoetius and possible mothers of Patroclus:[3]
- Periopis, daughter of Pheres, founder of Pherae.
- Polymele, daughter of Peleus, King of Phthia and an older half-sister to Achilles.
- Sthenele, daughter of Acastus and Astydameia.
References
- ↑ Hyginus, Fabulae, 97
- ↑ Also in scholia on Odyssey, 4. 343 and 17. 134; Eustathius on Homer, p. 1498
- ↑ Bibliotheca 3. 13. 8
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