Editing Marpessa

{{Short description|Various figures in Greek mythology}}

In [[Greek mythology]], '''Marpessa''' {{IPAc-en|ˌ|m|ɑr|ˈ|p|ɛ|s|ə}} ({{langx|grc|Μάρπησσα|Márpēssa}}, "the robbed one" or "snatcher" or "gobbler"<ref>[[Robert Graves]]. ''[[The Greek Myths]] (1960)''</ref>) may refer to:

* [[Marpessa (daughter of Evenus)|Marpessa]], an [[Aetolia]]n princess and daughter of [[Evenus_of_Aetolia|Evenus]].<ref>[[Bibliotheca (Pseudo-Apollodorus)|Apollodorus]], [http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.01.0022%3Atext%3DLibrary%3Abook%3D1%3Achapter%3D8%3Asection%3D2 1.8.2]; [[Homer]], ''[[Iliad]]'' [http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.01.0134%3Abook%3D9%3Acard%3D538 9.557]; [[Pausanias (geographer)|Pausanias]], [http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.01.0160%3Abook%3D4%3Achapter%3D2%3Asection%3D7 4.2.7], [http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.01.0160%3Abook%3D5%3Achapter%3D18%3Asection%3D2 5.18.2].</ref>
* Marpessa or [[Marpesia]], an [[Amazons|Amazon]] queen.
* Marpessa, a [[Thebes, Greece|Theban]] woman whose betrothed, [[Phylleus]], was killed by [[Tydeus]] during the campaign of the [[Seven against Thebes]].<ref>[[Statius]], ''[[Thebaid (Latin poem)|Thebaid]]'' 3.172</ref>
* Marpessa, the woman who led the women of [[Tegea]] to defend the city during a war from an invasion led by the Spartan king [[Charilaus]].<ref>Georgoudi, S. (2015), 205-207.</ref> Marpessa's weapon was later put in plain sight in the [[Temple of Athena Alea]], a focal point for the local population in Tegea, showing the importance of this story and the character of Marpessa in the [[collective memory]] of the Tegeans.<ref>[[Pausanias (geographer)|Pausanias]], ''[[Description of Greece]]'', 8.47.2-3.</ref>
* [[Marpessa (Paros)]], a town of ancient Greece in [[Paros]]

== Citations ==
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== General and cited 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].
* [[Robert Graves|Graves, Robert]], ''The Greek Myths'', Harmondsworth, London, England, Penguin Books, 1960. {{ISBN|978-0143106715}}
* Graves, Robert, ''The Greek Myths: The Complete and Definitive Edition.'' Penguin Books Limited. 2017. {{ISBN|978-0-241-98338-6|024198338X}}
* [[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. {{ISBN|978-0674995796|}}. [http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:1999.01.0134 Online version at the Perseus Digital Library.]
* Homer, ''Homeri Opera'' in five volumes. Oxford, Oxford University Press. 1920. {{ISBN|978-0198145318|}}. [http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:1999.01.0133 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. [http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:2008.01.0498 Latin text available at the Perseus Digital Library.]

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