character of Antigone (/ænˈtɪɡəni/ ann-TIG-ə-nee; Greek: Ἀντιγόνη), was a Phthian princess who was the daughter of Eurytion, and the wife of Peleus. The meaning...
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Greek mythology, Peleus (/ˈpiːliəs, ˈpiːljuːs/; Ancient Greek: Πηλεύς Pēleus) was a hero, king of Phthia, husband of Thetis and the father of their son Achilles...
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following figures: Antigone, daughter of Oedipus. Antigone, daughter of Eurytion and first wife of Peleus. Antigone, daughter of Laomedon. Antigona,...
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Astydameia (category Women of Heracles)
Astydameia fell in love with Peleus but he scorned her. Bitter, she sent a messenger to Antigone, Peleus' wife, to tell her that Peleus was to marry Acastus'...
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Acastus (category Kings of Iolcus)
daughter of Cretheus) fell in love with Peleus but he scorned her. Bitter, she sent a messenger to Antigone, Peleus's wife and daughter of Eurytion,...
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daughter of Peleus and Antigone, daughter of King Eurytion of Phthia. She married Borus, son of Perieres, who wooed her with large dowry, but regardless of this...
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Sophocles (redirect from List of Sophocles' plays)
contemporary with, those of Euripides. Sophocles wrote over 120 plays, but only seven have survived in a complete form: Ajax, Antigone, Women of Trachis, Oedipus...
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Laodamia (category Mortal women of Zeus)
daughter of Alcmaeon, wife of Peleus and mother by him of Polydora. But see Antigone. Laodamia, wife of Anticlus. Her husband was one of the men who...
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(Ανδρομάχη), wife of Hector Andromeda (Ανδρομέδα), wife of Perseus, who was placed among the constellations after her death Antigone (Αντιγόνη), daughter of Oedipus...
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was one of the most potent marks of human skill and achievement. This theme is exemplified in the second choral ode of Sophocles's Antigone: Wonders...
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