Aristodeme
In Greek mythology, Aristodeme (Ancient Greek: Ἀριστοδήμη) was the name of two women:
- Aristodeme, a Sicyonian woman, who, according to a local tradition of Sicyon, became the mother of the demigod Aratus by Asclepius, who came to her in the form of a dragon. A painting of her and the dragon existed at Sicyon in the temple of Asclepius.[1]
- Aristodeme, a Trojan princess as one of the daughters of King Priam of Troy by an unknown woman.[2]
Notes
- Pausanias, Description of Greece 2.10.3, 4.14.5.
- Apollodorus, 3.12.5
References
- 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. Online version at the Perseus Digital Library. Greek text available from the same website.
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Schmitz, Leonhard (1870). "Aristodeme". In Smith, William (ed.). Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology. Vol. 1. p. 304.
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