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Marpessa

Various figures in Greek mythology

Summary

Various figures in Greek mythology

In Greek mythology, Marpessa (, "the robbed one" or "snatcher" or "gobbler") may refer to:

Marpessa, an Aetolian princess and daughter of Evenus.
Marpessa or Marpesia, an Amazon queen.
Marpessa, a Theban woman whose betrothed, Phylleus, was killed by Tydeus during the campaign of the Seven against Thebes.
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. 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.
Marpessa (Paros), a town of ancient Greece in Paros

Citations

General and cited 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.
Graves, Robert, The Greek Myths, Harmondsworth, London, England, Penguin Books, 1960.
Graves, Robert, The Greek Myths: The Complete and Definitive Edition. Penguin Books Limited. 2017.
Homer, 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. . Online version at the Perseus Digital Library.
Homer, Homeri Opera in five volumes. Oxford, Oxford University Press. 1920. . Greek text available at the Perseus Digital Library.
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. . Online version at the Perseus Digital Library
Pausanias, Graeciae Descriptio. 3 vols. Leipzig, Teubner. 1903. Greek text available at the Perseus Digital Library.
Publius Papinius Statius*, The Thebaid* translated by John Henry Mozley. Loeb Classical Library Volumes. Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1928. 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. Latin text available at the Perseus Digital Library.

References

[[Robert Graves]]. ''[[The Greek Myths]] (1960)''
[[Bibliotheca (Pseudo-Apollodorus)
[[Statius]], ''[[Thebaid (Latin poem). Thebaid]]'' 3.172
Georgoudi, S. (2015), 205-207.
[[Pausanias (geographer). Pausanias]], ''[[Description of Greece]]'', 8.47.2-3.

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