Alcaea

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In Greek mythology, Alcaea was a Thessalin princess as the daughter of King Hypseus of Lapiths [1] and the naiad Chlidanope. [2] She was the sister of Cyrene, [3] Themisto [4] and Astyaguia. [5]

Notes

  1. Scholia on Pindar, Pythian Ode 9.31
  2. Graves, Robert (2017). The Greek Myths - The Complete and Definitive Edition. Penguin Books Limited. pp.  276. ISBN   9780241983386.
  3. Callimachus, Hymn 2 to Apollo 85 ff; Diodorus Siculus, 4.81.1; Nonnus, 29.180
  4. Apollodorus, 1.9.2
  5. Diodorus Siculus, 4.69.3

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