Demonice of Aetolia

In Greek mythology, Demonice (/ˌdɛməˈnaɪsiː/; Ancient Greek: Δημονίκη, romanized: Dēmonī́kē) was an Aetolian princess as the daughter of Agenor and Epicaste and thus sister of Porthaon and in some account, Thestius.[1] She bore Ares four sons: Evenus, Molus, Pylus, and Thestius.[2] Her son's names may be intended to be eponyms, with Evenus corresponding to the river Evinos in Aetolia; Pylus to the Aetolian city of Pylene between the rivers Achelous and Evenos; and Molus to the people named Molossians from Epirus. Demonice was also known as Demodice[3] (Δημοδίκη) or Demodoce.[4]

For other uses, see Demonice.

Mythology

Demonice was recounted by Hesiod in his Catalogue of Women in the following lines:

"Demodoce whom very many of men on earth, mighty princes, wooed, promising splendid gifts, because of her exceeding beauty."[5]

References
  1. Pausanias, Description of Greece, 3. 13. 8
  2. Pseudo-Apollodorus, Bibliotheca 1.7.7.
  3. Scholia on Apollonius Rhodius, Argonautica, 1. 146
  4. Scholia on Iliad, 14. 200; on Odyssey, 1. 98
  5. Hesiod. Catalogue of Women, fr. 22; Porphyrius. Quaest. Hom. ad Iliad. pert. p. 189. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.


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