Stratonice (mythology)
Stratonice (Ancient Greek: Στρατoνίκη from στρατός "army" and νίκη "victory") is the name of four women in Greek mythology.
- Stratonice, a Pleuronian princess as the daughter of King Pleuron and Xanthippe. She was the sister of Agenor, Sterope and Laophonte.[1]
- Stratonice, a Calydonian princess. The wife of Melaneus and the mother the famous archer Eurytus.
- Stratonice, mother of Poemander by Chaeresilaus. She was carried off by Achilles.[2][3]
References
- Pseudo-Apollodorus, Bibliotheca 1.7.7
- Plutarch, Greek Questions, 37
- Pausanias, Description of Greece, 9. 20. 1
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