Editing Comaetho

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{{Greek myth (nymph)}}In [[Greek mythology]], '''Comaetho''' ({{IPAc-en|k|oʊ-|ˈ|m|iː|θ|oʊ}}; [[Ancient Greek]]: Κομαιθώ ''Komaithṓ'' means "bright-haired"{{cn|date=November 2024}}) is a name that may refer to:

* [[Comaetho of Cilicia|Comaetho]], a [[nymph]] of a spring who incessantly mingles her waters with those of the river god [[Cydnus]], who in one passage of [[Nonnus]]' ''[[Dionysiaca]]'' is said to be her father,<ref>[[Nonnus]], 2.143–144</ref> and in another her consort.<ref>Nonnus, 40.141–143</ref>
* Comaetho, a beautiful girl of [[Patrae]] who served as priestess in the temple of [[Artemis]] Triclaria and was in love with [[Melanippus]]. They were not allowed to marry each other, so they met secretly in the temple and had sex together. The outraged goddess sent famine and plague upon the city; to propitiate her, the inhabitants had to sacrifice both Comaetho and Melanippus to her. Since then, a young man and a young girl were sacrificed to the goddess each year until, in accordance with the instructions of the [[Delphi]]an oracle, a strange king ([[Eurypylus (king of Thessaly)|Eurypylus]], son of Euaemon) introduced the worship of a new deity ([[Dionysus]], whose image he brought from [[Troy]]) in Patrae, thus both putting an end to the sacrifices and curing himself of madness which had been sent upon him when he had first looked at the god's image.<ref>[[Pausanias (geographer)|Pausanias]], 7.19.1–9</ref>
* Comaetho, the daughter of [[Pterelaus (son of Taphius)|Pterelaos]] and princess of the [[Taphians]].<ref>[[Bibliotheca (Pseudo-Apollodorus)|Apollodorus]], 2.4.5</ref> The Taphians were at war with [[Thebes (Greece)|Thebes]], led by [[Amphitryon]], with whom Comaetho fell in love. The Taphians remained invincible until Comaetho, out of love for Amphitryon, plucked out the single golden hair, possession of  which had bestowed upon her father the gifts of immortality and invincibility. Having defeated the enemy, Amphitryon put Comaetho to death in retribution for her deed of filial perfidy and handed over the kingdom of the Taphians to [[Cephalus]].<ref>Apollodorus, 2.4.7</ref><ref>[[Tzetzes]] on [[Lycophron]], 934</ref> The story is parallel to that of [[Scylla (princess)]]; compare also [[Pisidice of Methymna|Pisidice]] and [[Leucophrye]].
* Comaetho, daughter of [[Tydeus]] and sister of [[Diomedes]], mother of [[Cyanippus]] by [[Aegialeus (king of Argos)|Aegialeus]].<ref>[[Tryphiodorus]], 159</ref>

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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}}. [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:1999.01.0022 Online version at the Perseus Digital Library.] [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:1999.01.0021 Greek text available from the same website].
*[[Nonnus|Nonnus of Panopolis]], ''Dionysiaca'' translated by William Henry Denham Rouse (1863-1950), from the Loeb Classical Library, Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press, 1940.  [https://topostext.org/work/529 Online version at the Topos Text Project.]
* Nonnus of Panopolis, ''Dionysiaca. 3 Vols.'' W.H.D. Rouse. Cambridge, MA., Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann, Ltd. 1940–1942. [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:2008.01.0485 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].
* [[Tryphiodorus]], ''Capture of Troy'' translated by Mair, A. W. Loeb Classical Library Volume 219. London: William Heinemann Ltd, 1928. [http://www.theoi.com/Text/Tryphiodorus.html Online version at theoi.com]
* Tryphiodorus, ''Capture of Troy'' with an English Translation by A.W. Mair. London, William Heinemann, Ltd.; New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons. 1928. [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:2008.01.0491 Greek text available at the Perseus Digital Library].


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