Astypalaea

In Greek mythology, Astypalaea or Astypalaia ([astiˈpalea]; Ancient Greek: Ἀστυπάλαια, lit. 'old city' or 'ancient town'^[1]) or Astypale was a Phoenician princess as the daughter of King Phoenix^[2] and Perimede, daughter of Oeneus; thus she was the sister of Europa. In some accounts, her mother was called Telephe and her siblings were Peirus and again Europe.^[3] Astypale was a lover of Poseidon who seduced her, and had two sons by him: Ancaeus, King of Samos,^[4] and Eurypylos, King of Kos.^[5]

The island of Astypalaia was believed to have been named after her.^[6]

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References

• Apollodorus, The Library with an English Translation by Sir James George Frazer, F.B.A., F.R.S. in 2 Volumes, Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1921. ISBN 0-674-99135-4. Online version at the Perseus Digital Library. Greek text available from the same website.
• Gaius Julius Hyginus, Fabulae from The Myths of Hyginus translated and edited by Mary Grant. University of Kansas Publications in Humanistic Studies. Online version at the Topos Text Project.
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• Pausanias, Graeciae Descriptio. 3 vols. Leipzig, Teubner. 1903. Greek text available at the Perseus Digital Library.
• Stephanus of Byzantium, Stephani Byzantii Ethnicorum quae supersunt, edited by August Meineike (1790–1870), published 1849. A few entries from this important ancient handbook of place names have been translated by Brady Kiesling. Online version at the Topos Text Project.