Diogeneia
Greek Mythological Woman
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Diogeneia
(
/
d
aɪ
oʊ
ˈ
dʒ
iː
n
i
ə
/
;
Ancient Greek
: Διογένεια) may refer to three women in
Greek mythology
:
Diogeneia, daughter of the river god
Cephissus
and the wife of
Phrasimus
by whom she became the mother of
Praxithea
, wife of King
Erechtheus
.
[
1
]
Diogeneia, an
Eleusinian
princess as one of the daughters of King
Celeus
and
Metanira
.
[
2
]
Diogeneia, daughter of
Phorbas
, from
Olenus
in
Achaea
, and possibly
Hyrmina
, thus sister to
Augeas
,
[
3
]
Actor
[
4
]
and
Tiphys
.
[
5
]
She was the wife of King
Alector
of
Elis
and mother of
Amarynceus
.
[
6
]
Otherwise, the latter was called the son of
Onesimachus
[
7
]
^
Apollodorus
, 3.15.1
^
Apollodorus, 1.5.1-2;
Pausanias
, 1.38.3
^
Apollodorus, 2.5.5
^
Pausanias, 5.1.11
^
Hyginus
,
Fabulae
14.2
^
Eustathius of Thessalonica
on
Homer
, pp. 303 & 1598
^
Hyginus,
Fabulae
97