Autonoe (mythology)

In Greek mythology, Autonoë (; The name comes from Auto- (αὐτός), meaning 'self' or 'one's own' and Noë (νόος / νόη) meaning 'mind', 'thought' or 'perception'.) may refer to the following personages:

Autonoë, one of the 50 Nereids, sea-nymph daughters of the 'Old Man of the Sea' Nereus and the Oceanid Doris.Hesiod, Theogony 240 ff.; Apollodorus, 1.2.7 ff. Her name means 'giver of inspiration'. Autonoë, one of the Danaïdes, daughter of Danaus and Polyxo.Apollodorus, 2.1.5 Autonoë, was one of the daughters of Cadmus and HarmoniaHesiod, Theogony, and the wife of Aristaeus (a son of Apollo). 977; Apollodorus, 3.4.2 Autonoë, daughter of Pireus and mother of Palaemon by Heracles.Apollodorus, 2.7.8 Otherwise, the mother of Palaemon was called Iphinoe, daughter of Antaeus.Tzetzes on Lycophron, 663 Autonoë, one of Penelope's maids.Homer, Odyssey 18.182

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