Axioche

Axioche /əɡˈzaɪ.əkiː, æɡ-/ (Ancient Greek: Άξιόχη, romanized: Axiókhē) is a woman or otherwise a nymph in Greek mythology.

Family

Axioche's parentage is not known. She became the mother of Chrysippus by King Pelops, who was already married to Hippodamia, making their son illegitimate.[1] Elsewhere she is referred to as Danais.[2]

Notes

  1. ^ Scholia ad Euripides, Orestes 4; ad Pindar, Olympian Ode 1.144
  2. ^ Plutarch, Parallela minora 33

References

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