Anticlea (mythology)
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In Greek mythology, Anticlea or Anticlia (/ˌæntɪˈkliːə/; Ancient Greek: Ἀντίκλεια, literally "without fame") may refer to the following women:
- Anticlea, another name for Philonoe[1], the Lycian bride of Bellerophon and mother of his children.[2] In other accounts, she was called Alkimedousa or Cassandra[3] or Pasandra.[4]
- Anticlia, mother by Hephaestus of Periphetes, the lame malefactor of Epidaurus who was killed by the hero Theseus in one of his exploits.[5]
- Anticlea, daughter of Autolycus and mother of Odysseus by Läertes.[6]
- Anticlia, a princess of Pherae in Messenia as daughter of King Diocles. She married Asclepius' son Machaon and had by him sons: Nicomachus and Gorgasus.[7] Anticlia was probably the mother of Alexanor[8], Sphyrus[9] and Polemocrates[10] by Machaon.