Phoenice (mythology)
In Greek mythology, Phoenice (Ancient Greek: Φοινίκη) was a Phoenician princess as the daughter of King Phoenix and Telephe. She was sister to Europa, Astypalea and .[1] Phoenice was said to be the mother of the couple Proteus and Torone by the god of the sea, Poseidon.[2]
Notes[]
- ^ Scholia on Euripides, Phoenissae 5
- ^ Stephanus of Byzantium, Ethnica s.v. Torōnē
References[]
- Stephanus of Byzantium, Stephani Byzantii Ethnicorum quae supersunt, edited by August Meineike (1790–1870), published 1849. A few entries from this important ancient handbook of place names have been translated by Brady Kiesling. Online version at the Topos Text Project.
Categories:
- Greek mythology stubs
- Princesses in Greek mythology
- Agenorides
- Women of Poseidon
- Women in Greek mythology
- Characters in Greek mythology