In
Greek mythology,
Periclymene or
Periklymene (
Ancient Greek: Περικλύμενη means 'renowned') may refer to two distinct characters:
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Periclymene, a Minyans princess as the daughter of King Minyas of Orchomenus
[Hyginus, Fabulae 14] and Euryanassa . She became the mother of Admetus,[Apollodorus, 1.8.2; 1.9.14; 1.9.16 & 3.10.4][Hyginus, Fabulae 14: compare "... Alcimede, Clymene's daughter..." vs. "... Iphiclus, son of Phylacus, by Periclymene, daughter of Minyas, from Thessaly, Jason's maternal uncle" vs. "...Admetus, son of Pheres, by Periclymene, daughter of Minyas, from Mount Chalcodonius"] Lycurgus,[Apollodorus, 1.9.14] Eidomene (wife of Amythaon),[Apollodorus, 1.9.11] Periopis (mother of Patroclus)[Apollodorus, 3.13.8] and Antigona (mother of Asterius),[Hyginus, Fabulae 14: "Asterion, son of .... by Antigona, daughter of Pheres, from the city Pellene."] by King Pheres of Pherae. Periclymene or Clymene was also said to have Iphiclus, Alcimede[Valerus Flaccus, 1.369: "Next Clymenus, striking his breast with the strong oar, and his brother Iphiclus move the vessel,..."] by Phylacus of Phylace. Other sources would identify Iphiclus as her son by Cephalus, son of Deioneus[Pausanias, 10.29.6] and brother of Phylacus.
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Periclymene, one of the Maenad named in a vase painting.
Notes
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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. . Online version at the Perseus Digital Library. Greek text available from the same website.
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Gaius Julius Hyginus, Fabulae from The Myths of Hyginus translated and edited by Mary Grant. University of Kansas Publications in Humanistic Studies. Online version at the Topos Text Project.
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Gaius Valerius Flaccus, Argonautica translated by Mozley, J H. Loeb Classical Library Volume 286. Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1928. Online version at theio.com.
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Gaius Valerius Flaccus, Argonauticon. Otto Kramer. Leipzig. Teubner. 1913. Latin text available at the Perseus Digital Library.
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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. . Online version at the Perseus Digital Library
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Pausanias, Graeciae Descriptio. 3 vols. Leipzig, Teubner. 1903. Greek text available at the Perseus Digital Library.
