Autonoe (mythology)

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]

^ Hesiod, Theogony 240 ff.; Apollodorus, 1.2.7 ff.
^ Kerényi, Carl (1951). The Gods of the Greeks. London: Thames and Hudson. p. 65.
^ Apollodorus, 2.1.5
^ Hesiod, Theogony 977; Apollodorus, 3.4.2
^ Apollodorus, 2.7.8
^ Tzetzes on Lycophron, 663
^ Homer, Odyssey 18.182