Hegesandra

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Hegesandra
Princess of Sparta
Member of the Spartan Royal Family
Other namesHegesandre
AbodeSparta
Personal information
ParentsAmyclas and Diomede
SiblingsArgalus, Cynortas, Hyacinthus, Laodamia (or Leanira), Harpalus and ?Polyboea
half-sister by Amyclas:
?Daphne
ConsortArgeus
ChildrenMelanion, Alector and Boethoos

In Greek mythology, Hegesandra or Hegesandre was a Spartan princess as the daughter of King Amyclas[1] and possibly Diomede, daughter of Lapithes. She was probably the sister of Argalus,[2] Cynortes,[3] Hyacinthus,[4] Laodamia[5] (or Leanira[6]), Harpalus,[7] Polyboea,[8] and in other versions, of Daphne.[9]

Hegesandra married Argeius, son of King Pelops of Pisa. The couple had three sons: Melanion, Alector and Boethoos.[10]

Notes[edit]

  1. ^ Pherecydes, fr. 132
  2. ^ Pausanias, 3.1.3
  3. ^ Apollodorus, 1.9.5 & 3.10.3; Pausanias, 3.13.1
  4. ^ Apollodorus, 3.10.3; Pausanias, 3.1.3
  5. ^ Pausanias, 10.9.5
  6. ^ Apollodorus, 3.9.1
  7. ^ Pausanias, 7.18.5 (Achaica)
  8. ^ Pausanias, 3.19.4
  9. ^ Parthenius, Erotica Pathemata 15
  10. ^ Scholia on Homer, Odyssey 4.10; Pherecydes, fr. 132

References[edit]

  • 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.
  • Pausanias, Description of Greece with an English Translation by W.H.S. Jones, Litt.D., and H.A. Ormerod, M.A., in 4 Volumes. Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1918. ISBN 0-674-99328-4. Online version at the Perseus Digital Library
  • Pausanias, Graeciae Descriptio. 3 vols. Leipzig, Teubner. 1903. Greek text available at the Perseus Digital Library.