Hegesandra

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In Greek mythology, Hegesandra or Hegesandre was a Spartan princess as the daughter of King Amyclas[1] and possibly Diomede, daughter of Lapithes. She was probably the sister of Argalus,[2] Cynortes,[3] Hyacinthus,[4] Polyboea,[5] and Laodamia[6] (or Leanira[7]).

Hegesandra married Argeius, son of King Pelops of Pisa. The couple had 3 sons: , Alector and .[8]

Notes[]

  1. ^ Pherecydes, fr. 132
  2. ^ Pausanias, 3.1.3
  3. ^ Apollodorus, 1.9.5 & 3.10.3; Pausanias, 3.13.1
  4. ^ Apollodorus, 3.10.3; Pausanias, 3.1.3
  5. ^ Pausanias, 3.19.4
  6. ^ Pausanias, 10.9.5
  7. ^ Apollodorus, 3.9.1
  8. ^ Scholia on Homer, Odyssey 4.10; Pherecydes, fr. 132

References[]

  • Apollodorus, The Library with an English Translation by Sir James George Frazer, F.B.A., F.R.S. in 2 Volumes, Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1921. ISBN 0-674-99135-4. Online version at the Perseus Digital Library. Greek text available from the same website.
  • 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.


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