Lysithea (mythology)

In Greek mythology, Lysithea (; ) or Lysithoe () may refer to the following women:

Lysithea, a daughter of Evenus and mother of Helenus by Zeus.Pseudo-Clement, Recognitions 10, p. 123, ll. 46-47 She may be the same or distinct with the below figure. Lysithoe, an Oceanid, as the daughter of the Titans OceanusIoannes Lydus, De Mensibus 4.67 and his sister-consort Tethys. She was also one of Zeus' many lovers and by him the mother of the first Heracles (out of seven).Cicero, De Natura Deorum 3.42 Lysithea, another name of Semele, daughter of King Cadmus of Thebes and mother of Dionysus.Ioannes Lydus, De Mensibus 4.38

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References Marcus Tullius Cicero, Nature of the Gods from the Treatises of M.T. Cicero translated by Charles Duke Yonge (1812-1891), Bohn edition of 1878. Online version at the Topos Text Project. Marcus Tullius Cicero, De Natura Deorum. O. Plasberg. Leipzig. Teubner. 1917. Latin text available at the Perseus Digital Library. Pseudo-Clement, Recognitions from Ante-Nicene Library Volume 8, translated by Smith, Rev. Thomas. T. & T. Clark, Edinburgh. 1867. Online version at theio.com