Autonoe (mythology)

In Greek mythology, Autonoë (/ɔːˈtɒnoʊ.i/; Ancient Greek: Αὐτονόη Autonoê means "think for oneself") may refer to the following personages:

Autonoë, one of the 50 Nereids, sea-nymph daughters of the 'Old Man of the Sea' Nereus and the Oceanid Doris.[1] Her name means 'giver of inspiration'.[2]
Autonoë, one of the Danaïdes, daughter of Danaus and Polyxo.[3]
Autonoë, was one of the daughters of Cadmus and Harmonia.[4]
Autonoë, daughter of Pireus and mother of Palaemon by Heracles.[5] Otherwise, the mother of Palaemon was called Iphinoe, daughter of Antaeus.[6]
Autonoë, one of Penelope's maids.[7]

Notes

Hesiod, Theogony 240 ff.; Apollodorus, 1.2.7 ff.
Kerényi, Carl (1951). The Gods of the Greeks. London: Thames and Hudson. p. 65.
Apollodorus, 2.1.5
Hesiod, Theogony 977; Apollodorus, 3.4.2
Apollodorus, 2.7.8
Tzetzes on Lycophron, 663
Homer, Odyssey 18.182

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.
Hesiod, Theogony from The Homeric Hymns and Homerica with an English Translation by Hugh G. Evelyn-White, Cambridge, MA.,Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1914. Online version at the Perseus Digital Library. Greek text available from the same website.
Homer, The Odyssey with an English Translation by A.T. Murray, PH.D. in two volumes. Cambridge, MA., Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann, Ltd. 1919. ISBN 978-0674995611. Online version at the Perseus Digital Library. Greek text available from the same website.
Kerényi, Carl, The Gods of the Greeks, Thames and Hudson, London, 1951.

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