Ismene_(daughter_of_Asopus)

Ismene (Asopid)

Ismene (Asopid)

Naiad in Greek mythology

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In Greek mythology, Ismene (/ɪsˈmiːniː/; Ancient Greek: Ἰσμήνη, Ismēnē) was the naiad daughter of the river-god Asopus by the nymph Metope, daughter of the river Ladon.[1] She was the sister of Aegina,[2] Salamis,[3] Pelagon (Pelasgus[4]) and Ismenus.[5] Ismene was the wife of Argus, eponymous king of Argos and thus, mother of Argus Panoptes and Iasus.[1]

Note

  1. [1]
    Apollodorus, 2.1.3
  2. [2]
    Apollodorus, 1.9.3 & 3.12.6
  3. [3]
    Apollodorus, 3.12.7
  4. [4]
    Diodorus Siculus, 4.72.1
  5. [5]
    Apollodorus, 3.12.6

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