Editing Astyoche

{{Greek deities (nymphs)}}The name '''Astyoche''' ({{IPAc-en|ə|ˈ|s|t|aɪ|ə|k|iː}}; [[Ancient Greek]]: Ἀστυόχη means 'possessor of the city') or '''Astyocheia''' {{IPAc-en|ˌ|æ|s|t|i|oʊ-|ˈ|k|iː|ə}} was attributed to the following individuals in [[Greek mythology]]:

*Astyoche, [[naiad]] daughter of the [[River gods (Greek mythology)|river god]] [[Simoeis]], mother of [[Tros (mythology)|Tros]] by [[Erichthonius of Dardania|Erichthonius]].<ref>[[Bibliotheca (Pseudo-Apollodorus)|Apollodorus]], [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Apollod.+3.12.2&fromdoc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.01.0022:book=0:chapter=0&highlight=Astyoche 3.12.2]</ref>
*Astyoche, a [[Troy|Trojan]] princess as the daughter of King [[Laomedon]] by [[Strymo (mythology)|Strymo]], [[Placia (mythology)|Placia]] or [[Leucippe]], sister of [[Priam]],<ref>Apollodorus, [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Apollod.+3.12.3&fromdoc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.01.0022:book=0:chapter=0&highlight=Astyoche 3.12.3]</ref> wife of [[Telephus]] and mother of [[Eurypylus (son of Telephus)|Eurypylus]] (some call her daughter of Priam and wife of Eurypylus). She was bribed by Priam with a gold vine to persuade Eurypylus to go to the [[Trojan War]], which resulted in him being killed in the battle<ref>[[Eustathius of Thessalonica|Eustathius]] ad [[Homer]], p. 1697; [[Dictys Cretensis]], [https://topostext.org/work/152#2.5 2.5]; [[Quintus Smyrnaeus]], 6.135 ff.</ref> (cf. the story of [[Eriphyle]]). Together with [[Aethilla]] and [[Medesicaste]], she was taken captive after the sack of Troy and set fire to the Greek ships during their stay on the Italian coast.<ref>Tzetzes ad Lycophron, [https://topostext.org/work/860#921 921]</ref>{{AI-generated source|date=November 2024}}
*Astyoche, a [[Minyans|Minyan]] princess as the daughter of King [[Actor (mythology)|Actor]] of [[Orchomenus (Boeotia)|Orchomenus]], son of [[Azeus]]. She was the mother of [[Ascalaphus]] and [[Ialmenus]] with [[Ares]].<ref>[[Pausanias (geographer)|Pausanias]], [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Paus.+9.37.7&fromdoc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.01.0160:book=0:chapter=0&highlight=Astyoche 9.37.7]</ref><ref>{{Cite book|last=[[Tzetzes]]|first=John|title=Allegories of the Iliad|publisher=Dumbarton Oaks Medieval Library|year=2015|isbn=978-0-674-96785-4|location=Harvard University Press, Cambridge, Massachusetts, London, England|pages=41, Prologue 537–538|translator-last=Goldwyn|translator-first=Adam|translator-last2=Kokkini|translator-first2=Dimitra}}</ref> The latter lay with her in secret when the maiden entered into her upper chamber.<ref>Homer, ''[[Iliad]]'' [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Hom.+Il.+2.511&fromdoc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.01.0134 2.511 ff]</ref>
*Astyoche, sister of [[Agamemnon]] and [[Menelaus]]. She married [[Strophius]], and became the mother of [[Pylades]].<ref>[[Gaius Julius Hyginus|Hyginus]], ''Fabulae'' [https://topostext.org/work/206#117 117]</ref> She is also known as [[Anaxibia]]<ref>[[Hesiod]], ''[[Catalogue of Women|Ehoiai]]'' [https://www.theoi.com/Text/HesiodCatalogues.html 69] as cited in Tzetzes'', [[Exegesis]] [[Iliad]]'' 68.19H</ref> or [[Cydragora]].<ref>[[Scholia]] ad [[Euripides]], ''[[Orestes (play)|Orestes]]'' 33</ref>
*Astyoche, a daughter of King [[Phylas]] of [[Ephyra (mythology)|Ephyra]], mother of [[Tlepolemus]] by [[Heracles]].<ref>Homer, ''Iliad'' [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Hom.+Il.+2.653&fromdoc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.01.0134 2.653] ff; Apollodorus, [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Apollod.+2.7.6&fromdoc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.01.0022:book=0:chapter=0&highlight=Astyoche 2.7.6] & [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Apollod.+2.7.8&fromdoc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.01.0022:book=0:chapter=0&highlight=Astyoche 8]; Hyginus, ''Fabulae'' [https://topostext.org/work/206#162 162]; [[Stephanus of Byzantium]], s.v. ''[https://topostext.org/work/241#E290.3 Ephyra]''</ref> Also known as [[Astydameia]] or [[Astygeneia]].<ref>Scholia ad [[Pindar]], ''Olympian Odes'' 7.42</ref>
*Astyoche, wife of [[Phylacus]], mother of [[Protesilaus]] and [[Podarces]].<ref>Eustathius ad Homer, ''Iliad'' 323, 41</ref> These two are otherwise known as grandsons of Phylacus through [[Iphiclus (mythology)|Iphiclus]].
*Astyoche, one of the [[Niobids]].<ref>Apollodorus, [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Apollod.+3.5.6&fromdoc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.01.0022:book=0:chapter=0&highlight=Astyoche 3.5.6]</ref>
*Astyoche, mother of [[Pentheus]],<ref>[[Statius]], ''[[Thebaid (Latin poem)|Thebaid]]'' [https://topostext.org/work/149#3.169 3.170]</ref> otherwise known as [[Agave (mythology)|Agave]].
*Astyoche, daughter of [[Itylus (mythology)|Itylus]] and possible mother of [[Ajax the Lesser]].<ref>{{Cite book|last=[[Tzetzes]]|first=John|title=Allegories of the Iliad|publisher=Dumbarton Oaks Medieval Library|year=2015|isbn=978-0-674-96785-4|location=Harvard University Press, Cambridge, Massachusetts, London, England|pages=43, Prologue 545|translator-last=Goldwyn|translator-first=Adam|translator-last2=Kokkini|translator-first2=Dimitra}}</ref>
*Astyoche, mother of [[Euryalus]] by [[Mecisteus]].<ref>{{Cite book|last=Tzetzes|first=John|title=Allegories of the Iliad|publisher=Dumbarton Oaks Medieval Library|year=2015|isbn=978-0-674-96785-4|location=Harvard University Press, Cambridge, Massachusetts, London, England|pages=43, Prologue 562|translator-last=Goldwyn|translator-first=Adam|translator-last2=Kokkini|translator-first2=Dimitra}}</ref>

== Notes ==
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== References ==

* [[Bibliotheca (Pseudo-Apollodorus)|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. [http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:1999.01.0022 Online version at the Perseus Digital Library.] [http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:1999.01.0021 Greek text available from the same website].
*[[Dictys Cretensis]]'', from The Trojan War.'' ''The Chronicles of Dictys of Crete and [[Dares Phrygius|Dares the Phrygian]]'' translated by Richard McIlwaine Frazer, Jr. (1931-). Indiana University Press. 1966. [https://topostext.org/work/152 Online version at the Topos Text Project.]
* [[Gaius Julius Hyginus]], ''Fabulae from The Myths of Hyginus'' translated and edited by Mary Grant. University of Kansas Publications in Humanistic Studies. [https://topostext.org/work/206 Online version at the Topos Text Project.]
*[[Hesiod]], ''[[Catalogue of Women]]'' from ''Homeric Hymns, Epic Cycle, Homerica'' translated by Evelyn-White, H G. Loeb Classical Library Volume 57. London: William Heinemann, 1914. [http://www.theoi.com/Text/HesiodCatalogues.html Online version at theio.com]
* [[Homer]], [[Iliad|''The Iliad'']] with an English Translation by A.T. Murray, Ph.D. in two volumes. Cambridge, MA., Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann, Ltd. 1924. [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:1999.01.0134 Online version at the Perseus Digital Library.]
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* [[Quintus Smyrnaeus]], ''[[Posthomerica|The Fall of Troy]]'' translated by Way. A. S. Loeb Classical Library Volume 19. London: William Heinemann, 1913. [http://www.theoi.com/Text/QuintusSmyrnaeus1.html Online version at theio.com]
* Quintus Smyrnaeus, ''The Fall of Troy''. Arthur S. Way. London: William Heinemann; New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons. 1913. [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:2008.01.0490 Greek text available at the Perseus Digital Library].
* [[Pausanias (geographer)|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}}. [http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:1999.01.0160 Online version at the Perseus Digital Library]
*Pausanias, ''Graeciae Descriptio.'' ''3 vols''. Leipzig, Teubner. 1903.  [http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:1999.01.0159 Greek text available at the Perseus Digital Library].
* [[Statius|Publius Papinius Statius]]'', [[Thebaid (Latin poem)|The Thebaid]]'' translated by John Henry Mozley. Loeb Classical Library Volumes. Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1928. [https://topostext.org/work/149 Online version at the Topos Text Project.]
* Publius Papinius Statius, ''The Thebaid. Vol I-II''. John Henry Mozley. London: William Heinemann; New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons. 1928. [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:2008.01.0498 Latin text available at the Perseus Digital Library.]
*[[John Tzetzes|Tzetzes, John]], ''Allegories of the Iliad'' translated by Goldwyn, Adam J. and Kokkini, Dimitra. Dumbarton Oaks Medieval Library, Harvard University Press, 2015. {{ISBN|978-0-674-96785-4}}

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