Editing Iodame

In [[Greek mythology]], '''Iodame''' or '''Iodama''' ({{IPAc-en|aɪ|ˈ|ɒ|d|əm|iː}}; [[Ancient Greek]]: {{lang|grc|Ἰοδάμη}} or {{lang|grc|Ἰοδάμα}} probably means 'heifer calf of Io'<ref name=":0">Graves, p. 47.</ref>) was a [[Ancient Thessaly|Thessalian]] princess as the daughter of King [[Itonus]] of [[Iton (Thessaly)|Iton]] in [[Phthiotis]]. She was the granddaughter of [[Amphictyon]].<ref name="Tzetzes">[[Tzetzes]] on [[Lycophron]], [https://topostext.org/work/860#1206 1206] [https://archive.org/details/isaakioukaiiann00mlgoog/page/951/mode/1up?view=theater (Gk text)] with the historian Lycus as the authority</ref>{{AI-generated source|date=November 2024}}

== Family ==
Iodame was the mother of [[Thebe (daughter of Zeus and Iodame)|Thebe]] by [[Zeus]]<ref name="Tzetzes" /> while some authors, adds a son, [[Deucalion (mythology)|Deucalion]].<ref>{{Cite book |last=Murray |first=John |url=https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_u0gQAAAAIAAJ/page/8/mode/1up |title=A Classical Manual, being a Mythological, Historical and Geographical Commentary on Pope's Homer, and Dryden's Aeneid of Virgil with a Copious Index |year=1833 |location=Albemarle Street, London |pages=8}}</ref>

== Mythology ==
Iodame was a priestess at the temple of [[Athena]] Itonia built by her father. When she trespassed the precinct one night, Athena appeared in front of her; at the sight of [[Medusa]]'s head which was worked in the goddess' garment, Iodame turned into a block of stone. After this, a priestess lit the fire on the altar every day, repeating thrice: "Iodame lives and demands fire".<ref>[[Pausanias (geographer)|Pausanias]], [http://data.perseus.org/citations/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0525.tlg001.perseus-eng1:9.34.1 9.34.1–2]; Graves, p. 45</ref>

An alternate story of Athene and Iodama relates that both were daughters of Itonius. They became jealous of each other and started fighting, which resulted in Iodame being killed by Athena.<ref>Tzetzes ad Lycophron, [https://topostext.org/work/860#355 355] [https://archive.org/details/isaakioukaiiann00mlgoog/page/n624/mode/1up?view=theater (Gk text)] with Simonides the genealogist as the authority; ''[[Etymologicum Magnum]]'' 479.47, under ''Itonis''</ref>{{AI-generated source|date=November 2024}} The story is similar to that of Athena and [[Pallas (daughter of Triton)]].

==Notes==
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== References ==

* [[Robert Graves|Graves, Robert]], ''The Greek Myths: The Complete and Definitive Edition.'' Penguin Books Limited. 2017. {{ISBN|978-0-241-98338-6|024198338X}}
* [[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].

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