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In Greek mythology, Autonoë (/ɔːˈtɒnoʊ.i/; Ancient Greek: Αὐτονόη Autonoê means "think for oneself") may refer to the following personages:

  • Autonoë, one of the 50 Nereids, sea-nymph daughters of the 'Old Man of the Sea' Nereus and the Oceanid Doris.[1] Her name means 'giver of inspiration'.[2]
  • Autonoë, one of the Danaïdes, daughter of Danaus and Polyxo.[3]
  • Autonoë, was one of the daughters of Cadmus and Harmonia.[4]
  • Autonoë, daughter of Pireus and mother of Palaemon by Heracles.[5] Otherwise, the mother of Palaemon was called Iphinoe, daughter of Antaeus.[6]
  • Autonoë, one of Penelope's maids.[7]

Notes[edit]

  1. ^ Hesiod, Theogony 240 ff.; Apollodorus, 1.2.7 ff.
  2. ^ Kerényi, Carl (1951). The Gods of the Greeks. London: Thames and Hudson. p. 65.
  3. ^ Apollodorus, 2.1.5
  4. ^ Hesiod, Theogony 977; Apollodorus, 3.4.2
  5. ^ Apollodorus, 2.7.8
  6. ^ Tzetzes on Lycophron, Alexandra 662
  7. ^ Homer, Odyssey 18.182

References[edit]

  • 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.
  • Hesiod, Theogony from The Homeric Hymns and Homerica with an English Translation by Hugh G. Evelyn-White, Cambridge, MA.,Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1914. Online version at the Perseus Digital Library. Greek text available from the same website.
  • Homer, The Odyssey with an English Translation by A.T. Murray, PH.D. in two volumes. Cambridge, MA., Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann, Ltd. 1919. ISBN 978-0674995611. Online version at the Perseus Digital Library. Greek text available from the same website.
  • Kerényi, Carl, The Gods of the Greeks, Thames and Hudson, London, 1951.