Woman of Hermes
In Greek mythology, Issa (/ˈiːsɑː/; Ancient Greek: Ἴσσα) or Isse may refer to three people:
- Isse, daughter of Macareus and Canace, children of Aeolus, and a lover of Apollo.[1] She was usually called Amphissa.[2]
- Issa, the eponymous nymph of Issa (Lesbos). She became the mother of the prophet Prylis by Hermes.[3] This son predicted to the Greeks that they would take Troy by means of the Wooden Horse.[4] She may be the daughter of King Macar[5] and thus, possibly the sister of Mytilene,[6] Agamede,[7] Antissa,[8] Arisbe,[9] Methymna,[10] Cydrolaus, Neandrus, Leucippus[11] and Eresus.[12]
- Achilles, who in some versions of Achilles on Skyros went by the alias Issa when disguised as a girl. In other versions, he was called Pyrrha or Kerkysera.
- ^ Ovid, Metamorphoses 6.103
- ^ Pausanias, 10.38.4
- ^ Tzetzes ad Lycophron, 220
- ^ Hornblower, Simon (2017). Lykophron: Alexandra, Greek Text, Translation, Commentary, and Introduction. Great Clarendon Street, Oxford, OX2 6DP, United Kingdom: Oxford Press. p. 172. ISBN 978-0-19-881064-3.
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- ^ Stephanus of Byzantium, s.v. Issa
- ^ Stephanus of Byzantium, s.v. Mytilēnē (Μυτιλήνη)
- ^ Stephanus of Byzantium, s.v. Agamede (Ἀγαμήδη)
- ^ Stephanus of Byzantium, s.v. Antissa (Ἄντισσα)
- ^ Stephanus of Byzantium, s.v. Arisbe (Ἀρίσβη)
- ^ Diodorus Siculus, 5.81.6
- ^ Diodorus Siculus, 5.81.8
- ^ Stephanus of Byzantium, s.v. Eresos (Ἔρεσος)