Astyoche

The name Astyoche or Astyocheia was attributed to the following individuals in Greek mythology.
*Daughter of the river god Simoeis, mother of Tros by Erichthonius.Bibliotheca 3. 12. 2Tzetzes on Lycophron, 29
*Daughter of Laomedon by Strymo, Placia or Leucippe,Bibliotheca 3. 12. 3 wife of Telephus and mother of Eurypylus (some call her daughter of Priam and wife of Eurypylus). She was bribed by Priam with a gold vine to persuade Eurypylus to go to the Trojan War, which resulted in him being killed in the battleEustathius of Thessalonica on Homer, p. 1697Dictys Cretensis, 2. 5Quintus Smyrnaeus, Fall of Troy, 6. 135 ff (cf. the story of Eriphyle). Together with Aethilla and Medesicaste, she was taken captive after the sack of Troy and set fire to the Greek ships during their stay on the Italian coast.Tzetzes on Lycophron, 921
*Daughter of Actor, mother of Ascalaphus and Ialmenus with Ares.Homer, Iliad, 2. 511 ffPausanias, Description of Greece, 9. 37. 7
*Sister of Agamemnon and Menelaus. She married Strophius, and became the mother of Pylades.Hyginus, Fabulae, 117. Clytemnestra (Theoi Project - Hyginus Fabulae) She is also known as AnaxibiaHesiod, Catalogue of Women, 69: Agamemnon (Theoi Project - Hesiod Catalogues) or Cydragora.Scholia on Euripides, Orestes, 33
*Daughter of Phylas, mother of Tlepolemus by Heracles.Homer, Iliad, 2. 653 ffBibliotheca 2. 7. 6 & 8Hyginus, Fabulae, 162Stephanus of Byzantium s. v. Ephyra Also known as Astydameia or Astygeneia.Scholia on Pindar, Olympian Odes, 7. 42
*Wife of Phylacus, mother of Protesilaus and Podarces.Eustathius of Thessalonica on Iliad, 323, 41 These two are otherwise known as grandsons of Phylacus through Iphiclus.
*One of the Niobids.Bibliotheca 3. 5. 6
*Mother of Pentheus,Statius, Thebaid, 3. 170 otherwise known as Agave.
*Daughter of Itylus and possible mother of Ajax the Lesser.Tzetzes, Homeric Allegories, Prologue, 545
*Mother of Euryalus by Mecisteus.Tzetzes, Homeric Allegories, Prologue, 562
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Category:Greek Mythology