Antigone is the name of two different women in Greek mythology. The name may be taken to mean "unbending", coming from "anti-" and "-gon / -gony" , but has also been suggested to mean "opposed to motherhood" or "in place of a mother" based from the root gonē, "that which generates" Antigone ' onMouseout='HidePop("31789")' href="http://www.absoluteastronomy.com/topics/Perieres">Perieres
In Greek mythology, Perieres or Perieris, was a son of Aeolus and husband of Gorgophone. He was the father of Leucippus and Aphareus. He is often confused with Gorgophone's second husband, Oebalus . With Oebalus, Gorgophone was the mother of Tyndareus, Hippocoon and Icarius....
and
GorgophoneIn Greek mythology, Gorgophone was a daughter of Perseus and Andromeda. Her name means "Gorgon Slayer", a tribute to her father who killed Medusa, the mortal Gorgon. Gorgophone is a central figure in the history of Sparta, having been married to two kings, Oebalus of Laconia and Perieres of Messenia...
. An affair with
SpercheusIn Greek mythology, Spercheus or Spercheios was the name of a river in Thessaly , and of the god of that river. According to Antoninus Liberalis , the nymphs of Mount Othrys were daughters of Spercheus by Deino, whether the same Deino elsewhere named as one of the Graeae or another is not said...
led to the birth of Menesthius; she also had an affair with
PeleusIn Greek mythology, Pēleús was a hero who was already known to Homer. Peleus was the son of Aeacus, king of the island of Aegina, and Endeïs, the oread of Mount Pelion in Thessaly; he became the father of Achilles...
. Her husband was Borus.
Polydora was the daughter of MeleagerIn Greek mythology, Meleager was a hero venerated in his temenos at Calydon in Aetolia, in the heart of the Peloponnesus. He was already famed as the host of the Calydonian boar hunt in the epic tradition that was reworked by Homer....
and CleopatraCleopatra Alcyone was the daughter of Idas and Marpessa and the wife of Meleager; she died with grief when her husband was killed by Apollo. ...
, and the wife of ProtesilausIn Greek mythology, Protesilaus , was a hero in the Iliad who was venerated at cult sites in Thessaly and Thrace. Protesilaus was the son of Iphicles, a "lord of many sheep"; as grandson of the eponymous Phylacos, he was the leader of the Phylaceans...
. After her husband's death, she crafted an image of him and enjoyed its company. HermesHermes is the Messenger of the gods in Greek mythology as well as a guide to the Underworld. An Olympian god, he is also the patron of boundaries and of the travelers who cross them, of shepherds and cowherds, of thieves and road travelers, of orators and wit, of literature and poets, of...
took pity and returned her husband from HadesHades refers both to the ancient Greek underworld, the abode of Hades, and to the god of the underworld. Hades in Homer referred just to the god; the genitive , Haidou, was an elision to denote locality: "[the house/dominion] of Hades"...
, but when the shade tried to return to the underworld with his wife, she committed suicide.
Polydora was one of the Oceanids.
Polydora was the daughter of DanausDanaus, or Danaos , was a Greek mythological character, twin brother of Aegyptus and son of Achiroe and Belus, a mythical king of Egypt. The myth of Danaus is a foundation legend of Argos, one of the foremost Mycenaean cities of the Peloponnesus...
(but was not one of the Danaids). With Sperchius she was mother to Dryops*In Greek mythology, Dryops was the name of several individuals:#The father of Dryope.#A son of Apollo.#One of the fifty sons of Priam.#An associate of Aeneas....
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Polydora was one of the AmazonsThe Amazons are a nation of all-female warriors in Classical and Greek mythology. Herodotus placed them in a region bordering Scythia in Sarmatia...
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