Sthenele

In Greek mythology, the name Sthenele (Ancient Greek: Σθενέλη) may refer to:

• Sthenele, daughter of Danaus and Memphis, who married (and killed) Sthenelus, son of Aegyptus and Tyria.[1]
• Sthenele, daughter of Acastus, King of Iolcus. She was the mother of Patroclus by Menoetius of Opus.[2] Other possible mothers of Patroclus are Polymele, Periopis,[3] Philomela[4][5] and Damocrateia.[6]

Notes

1. Apollodorus, 2.1.5
2. Apollodorus, 3.13.8; Scholia ad Apollonius Rhodius, 1.69; ad Homer, Iliad 16.14
3. Apollodorus, 3.13.8
4. Eustathius on Homer, p. 1498; Scholia on Homer, Odyssey 4.343 and 17.134; Hyginus, Fabulae 97
5. Tzetzes, John (2015). Allegories of the Iliad. Translated by Goldwyn, Adam; Kokkini, Dimitra. Harvard University Press, Cambridge, Massachusetts, London, England: Dumbarton Oaks Medieval Library. pp. 33, Prologue 430, pp. 41, Prologue 525. ISBN 978-0-674-96785-4.
6. Pythaenetos, quoting the scholiast on Pindar, Olympian Odes 9.107

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.
• Gaius Julius Hyginus, Fabulae from The Myths of Hyginus translated and edited by Mary Grant. University of Kansas Publications in Humanistic Studies. Online version at the Topos Text Project.
• Tzetzes, John, Allegories of the Iliad translated by Goldwyn, Adam J. and Kokkini, Dimitra. Dumbarton Oaks Medieval Library, Harvard University Press, 2015. ISBN 978-0-674-96785-4