Iphianassa

In Greek mythology, Iphianassa (/ˌɪfiəˈnæsə/; Ancient Greek: Ίφιάνασσα Īphianassa means 'strong queen' or 'rule strongly'^[1]) is a name that refers to several characters.

Iphianassa, one of the 50 Nereids, marine-nymph daughters of the 'Old Man of the Sea' Nereus and the Oceanid Doris.^[1]^[2]
Iphianassa, consort of King Endymion of Elis and mother of Aetolus.^[3]^[4] The wife of Endymion was otherwise known as Asterodia, Chromia, Hyperippe or a nameless Naiad nymph.^[5]^[6]
Iphianassa, one of the three maenadic daughters of the Argive king Proetus by Stheneboea who were purified of their madness by Melampus. Iphianassa eventually married Melampus.^[7]^[8]
Iphianassa, a Mycenaean princess as the daughter of King Agamemnon and Clytemnestra,^[9] perhaps the same as Iphigenia.
Iphianassa, mother of Menalces by Medon of Cilla. Her son was killed by Neoptolemus.^[10]

^ ^a ^b Bane, Theresa (2013). Encyclopedia of Fairies in World Folklore and Mythology. McFarland, Incorporated, Publishers. p. 191. ISBN 9780786471119.
^ Lucian, Dialogi Marini 14
^ Apollodorus, 1.7.6
^ Graves, Robert (1960). The Greek Myths. Harmondsworth, London, England: Penguin Books. pp. 64.a. ISBN 978-0143106715.
^ Pausanias, 5.1.4
^ William Smith, Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, v. 2, page 16, under Endymion Archived 2011-05-14 at the Wayback Machine
^ Apollodorus, 2.2.2; Servius on Virgil, Eclogue 6.48
^ Graves, Robert (1960). The Greek Myths. Harmondsworth, London, England: Penguin Books. pp. 72.g, j, k. ISBN 978-0143106715.
^ Homer, Iliad 9.155 & 287
^ Quintus Smyrnaeus, 8.295–297