In Greek mythology, Marpessa (, "the robbed one" or "snatcher" or "gobbler"Robert Graves. The Greek Myths (1960)) may refer to:
Marpessa, an Aetolian princess and daughter of Evenus.Apollodorus, 1.8.2; Homer, Iliad 9.557; Pausanias, 4.2.7, 5.18.2. Marpessa or Marpesia, an Amazon queen. Marpessa, a Theban woman whose betrothed, Phylleus, was killed by Tydeus during the campaign of the Seven against Thebes.Statius, Thebaid 3.172 Marpessa, the woman who led the women of Tegea to defend the city during a war from an invasion led by the Spartan king Charilaus.Georgoudi, S. (2015), 205-207. Marpessa's weapon was later put in plain sight in the Temple of Athena Alea, a focal point for the local population in Tegea, showing the importance of this story and the character of Marpessa in the collective memory of the Tegeans.Pausanias, Description of Greece, 8.47.2-3. Marpessa (Paros), a town of ancient Greece in Paros
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