Issa (mythology)

In Greek mythology, Issa (/ˈiːsɑː/; Ancient Greek: Ἴσσα) or Isse may refer to three people:

• Isse, daughter of Macareus and Canace, children of Aeolus, and a lover of Apollo.^[1] She was usually called Amphissa.^[2]
• Issa, the eponymous nymph of Issa (Lesbos). She became the mother of the prophet Prylis by Hermes.^[3] This son predicted to the Greeks that they would take Troy by means of the Wooden Horse.^[4] She may be the daughter of King Macar^[5] and thus, possibly the sister of Mytilene,^[6] Agamede,^[7] Antissa,^[8] Arisbe,^[9] Methymna,^[10] Cydrolaus, Neandrus, Leucippus^[11] and Eresus.^[12]
• Achilles, who in some versions of Achilles on Skyros went by the alias Issa when disguised as a girl. In other versions, he was called Pyrrha or Kerkysera.

Notes

1. Ovid, Metamorphoses 6.103
2. Pausanias, 10.38.4
3. Tzetzes on Lycophron, 220.
4. Hornblower, Simon (2017). Lykophron: Alexandra, Greek Text, Translation, Commentary, and Introduction. Great Clarendon Street, Oxford, OX2 6DP, United Kingdom: Oxford Press. p. 172. ISBN 978-0-19-881064-3.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location (link)
5. Stephanus of Byzantium, s.v. Issa
6. Stephanus of Byzantium, s.v. Mytilēnē (Μυτιλήνη)
7. Stephanus of Byzantium, s.v. Agamede (Ἀγαμήδη)
8. Stephanus of Byzantium, s.v. Antissa (Ἄντισσα)
9. Stephanus of Byzantium, s.v. Arisbe (Ἀρίσβη)
10. Diodorus Siculus, 5.81.6
11. Diodorus Siculus, 5.81.8
12. Stephanus of Byzantium, s.v. Eresos (Ἔρεσος)

References

• Diodorus Siculus, The Library of History translated by Charles Henry Oldfather. Twelve volumes. Loeb Classical Library. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard University Press; London: William Heinemann, Ltd. 1989. Vol. 3. Books 4.59–8. Online version at Bill Thayer's Web Site
• Diodorus Siculus, Bibliotheca Historica. Vol 1-2. Immanel Bekker. Ludwig Dindorf. Friedrich Vogel. in aedibus B. G. Teubneri. Leipzig. 1888–1890. Greek text available at the Perseus Digital Library.
• Pausanias, Description of Greece with an English Translation by W.H.S. Jones, Litt.D., and H.A. Ormerod, M.A., in 4 Volumes. Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1918. ISBN 0-674-99328-4. Online version at the Perseus Digital Library
• Pausanias, Graeciae Descriptio. 3 vols. Leipzig, Teubner. 1903. Greek text available at the Perseus Digital Library.
• Publius Ovidius Naso, Metamorphoses translated by Brookes More (1859-1942). Boston, Cornhill Publishing Co. 1922. Online version at the Perseus Digital Library.
• Publius Ovidius Naso, Metamorphoses. Hugo Magnus. Gotha (Germany). Friedr. Andr. Perthes. 1892. Latin text available at the Perseus Digital Library.
• Tzetzes, John, Lycophronis Alexandra. Vol. II: Scholia Continens, edited by Eduard Scheer, Berlin, Weidmann, 1881. Internet Archive.