Telephassa

Telephassa
Queen of Phoenicia
Member of the Phoenician Royal Family
Other namesTelephe, Argiope
AbodePhoenicia
Genealogy
Parents(a) Nilus and Nephele
(b) Epimedusa
Siblings-
Consort(1) Agenor
(2,3) Phoenix
Offspring(1) Europa, Cilix, Cadmus, Thasus and Phoenix
(2) Europa, Cadmus and Thasus
(3) Europa, Peirus, Phoenice and Astypale

Telephassa (/ˌtɛlɪˈfæsə/; Ancient Greek: Τηλέφασσα, Tēléphassa, "far-shining"), also spelled Telephaassa (/ˌtɛlɪfiˈæsə/; Τηλεφάασσα) and Telephe[1] (/ˈtɛlɪfiː/; Τηλέφη), is a lunar epithet in Greek mythology that is sometimes substituted for Argiope the wife of Agenor, according to his name a "leader of men"[2] in Phoenicia, and mother of Cadmus.[3][4]

  1. ^ Scholiast on Euripides, Ion 5
  2. ^ Kerenyi, The Heroes of the Greeks 1959:27.
  3. ^ "She bore the lunar name Telephassa or Telephae, 'she who illuminates afar', or Argiope 'she of the white face'", Karl Kerenyi notes in The Heroes of the Greeks 1959:27.
  4. ^ Other mythic figures were also named Argiope.