tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9097508687199514965.post1395151830484302343..comments2023-09-28T07:32:28.168-08:00Comments on Bill's Greek Mythology: TFBT: Miss ChrysesAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11216523923707900157noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9097508687199514965.post-44444355964600845732016-05-06T18:25:59.346-08:002016-05-06T18:25:59.346-08:00Maya,
So far I found these Matronyms. SA′MIA (Sam...Maya,<br /><br />So far I found these Matronyms. SA′MIA (Samia), a daughter of the river-god Maeander, and wife of Ancaeus, by whom she became the mother of Samos. (Paus. vii. 4. § 2.)<br /><br />KYANEE (Cyanea) was the Naiad Nymph of a spring or fountain of the town of Miletos in Karia (south-western Anatolia). She was a daughter of the River Maiandros (Meander), and the wife of the town's founding king, Miletos. And mother of KAUNOS, and BYBLIS <br /><br />Medea had a son MedusAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11216523923707900157noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9097508687199514965.post-3209504156392539132016-05-06T16:02:57.646-08:002016-05-06T16:02:57.646-08:00Maya,
A women won kleos by waging battle at the bi...Maya,<br />A women won kleos by waging battle at the birth of their children. Particular bad-ass Spartan women. As to Matronyms, let me think about that. I know there are such.<br /><br />BillAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11216523923707900157noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9097508687199514965.post-64106842765081567842016-05-05T22:57:45.921-08:002016-05-05T22:57:45.921-08:00My Eris is initially called "Daughter of the ...My Eris is initially called "Daughter of the Night". I think this should be Nycteis, but I cannot be sure, because I do not know Greek matronymics. I searched for this name and found a Theban known as Nycteis, daughter of Nycteus. She married Polydorus and became mother of Labdacus.<br /><br />Pericles said to women, "Great will be your glory in not falling short of your natural character; and greatest will be hers who is least talked of among the men, whether for good or for bad." Men were to win kleos, women were to be invisible. Replacing the woman's name by a patronymic is a logical development in this line.Maya Mhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10877457709995369246noreply@blogger.com