In Greek mythology, Iphianassa (; The name is the combination of Iphi- (ἶφι), derived from an archaic Greek root meaning "strongly", "mightily", or "force" and -anassa (ἄνασσα), a classical Greek word meaning "queen" or "ruler".) is a name that refers to several characters.
Iphianassa, one of the 50 Nereids, marine-nymph daughters of the 'Old Man of the Sea' Nereus and the Oceanid Doris.Lucian, Dialogi Marini 14 Iphianassa, consort of King Endymion of Elis and mother of Aetolus.Apollodorus, 1.7.6 The wife of Endymion was otherwise known as Asterodia, Chromia, Hyperippe or a nameless Naiad nymph.Pausanias, 5.1.4 Iphianassa, one of the three Proetids, daughters of the Argive king Proetus by Stheneboea who were purified of their madness by Melampus. Iphianassa eventually married Melampus.Apollodorus, 2.2.2; Servius on Virgil, Eclogue 6.48 Iphianassa, a Mycenaean princess as the daughter of King Agamemnon and Clytemnestra,Homer, Iliad 9.155 & 287 perhaps the same as Iphigenia. Iphianassa, mother of Menalces by Medon of Cilla. Her son was killed by Neoptolemus.Quintus Smyrnaeus, 8.295–297
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