Chaldene (mythology)
In Greek mythology, Chaldene (Ancient Greek: Χαλδήνη or Χαλδηνή) was the daughter of Pisidus[1], the eponymous founder of Pisidia. Other variations of her name were Caldene (Καλδήνη)[1] or Calchedonia[2].
Family
Caldene bore to Zeus the ancestral hero of the Solymi, Solymus[1][3], and possibly of his sister, Milye, the local eponymous heroine of the Milyae[4].
Legacy
Chaldene, the moon of Jupiter was named after her.[5]
Notes
- ^ a b c Etymologicum Magnum 721.43 under Solymoi
- ^ Antimachus in scholia on Homer, Odyssey 5.283
- ^ Stephanus of Byzantium, s.v. Pisidia
- ^ Stephanus of Byzantium, s.v. Milyai
- ^ IAUC 7998: Satellites of Jupiter 2002 October 22 (naming the moon)
Reference
- 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.