Cnossia

This article is about the figure from Greek mythology. For the genus of flies, see Hubneria.

Cnossia was a nymph or slave in Greek mythology. By Menelaus, king of Sparta, she mothered a son named Xenodamus.[1]

Due to her name, she is associated with the city of Cnossus on Crete.[2] Slaves were sometimes named for their backgrounds and Cnossia is elsewhere unattested as a proper name.[3]

References

  1. ^ Apollodorus. Library 3.11.1
  2. ^ Grimal, Pierre (1996). The Dictionary of Classical Mythology. Blackwell Publishing. p. 284. ISBN 0-631-20102-5.
  3. ^ Fowler, Robert (2013). Early Greek Mythography: Volume 2. Oxford University Press. p. 529. ISBN 978-0-19-814741-1.
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