Phemonoe

In Greek mythology, Phemonoe ( /fiˈmɒnoʊ.i/;[1] Ancient Greek: Φημονόη) was a Greek poet of the ante-Homeric period. She was said to have been the daughter of Apollo, his first priestess at Delphi,[2] or of his possible son Delphus, and the inventor of the hexameter verses, a type of poetic metre.[3]

  1. ^ Gardner, Dorsey (1887). Webster's Condensed Dictionary. George Routledge and Sons. p. 759. Retrieved 14 April 2018.
  2. ^ Greek Mythology Link (Carlos Parada) - Delphi (Accessed 2007-12-13) Archived 2007-12-07 at the Wayback Machine.
  3. ^ Pausanias 10.5.7, 10.6.7; Strabo, 9 p. 419; Pliny the Elder, H. N. 7.57; Clement of Alexandria, Stromata i. pp. 323, 334; Schol. ad Eurip. Orest. 1094; Eustathius Prol. ad Iliad.; and other authors cited by Fabricius.