Iodame
InGreek mythology,IodameorIodama(/aɪˈɒdəmiː/;Ancient Greek:ἸοδάμηorἸοδάμαprobably means 'heifer calf of Io'[1]) was aThessalianprincess as the daughter of KingItonusofItoninPhthiotis.She was the granddaughter ofAmphictyon.[2]
Family[edit]
Iodame was the mother ofThebebyZeus[2]while some authors, adds a son,Deucalion.[3]
Mythology[edit]
Iodame was a priestess at the temple ofAthenaItonia built by her father. When she trespassed the precinct one night, Athena appeared in front of her; at the sight ofMedusa's head which was worked in the goddess' garment, Iodame turned into a block of stone. After this, a priestess lit the fire on the altar every day, repeating thrice: "Iodame lives and demands fire".[4]
An alternate story of Athene and Iodama relates that both were daughters of Itonius. They became jealous of each other and started fighting, which resulted in Iodame being killed by Athena.[5]The story is similar to that of Athena andPallas (daughter of Triton).
Notes[edit]
- ^Graves, p. 47.
- ^abTzetzesonLycophron,1206(Gk text)with the historian Lycus as the authority
- ^Murray, John (1833).A Classical Manual, being a Mythological, Historical and Geographical Commentary on Pope's Homer, and Dryden's Aeneid of Virgil with a Copious Index.Albemarle Street, London. p. 8.
- ^Pausanias,9.34.1–2;Graves, p. 45
- ^Tzetzes ad Lycophron,355(Gk text)with Simonides the genealogist as the authority;Etymologicum Magnum479.47, underItonis
References[edit]
- Graves, Robert,The Greek Myths: The Complete and Definitive Edition.Penguin Books Limited. 2017.ISBN978-0-241-98338-6,024198338X
- Pausanias,Description of Greecewith 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.ISBN0-674-99328-4.Online version at the Perseus Digital Library
- Pausanias,Graeciae Descriptio.3 vols.Leipzig, Teubner. 1903.Greek text available at the Perseus Digital Library.
