Anticlea
Greek · mortal · heroic age · Recorded classification
Mortal mother of Odysseus, daughter of Autolycus (son of Hermes) and wife of Laertes of Ithaca. She died of grief in her son long absence and met his shade in the Underworld in Odyssey 11, the scene of the thrice-attempted embrace. Distinct from Anticleia of Epidaurus, the mother of Periphetes. Named in the prose of greek_odysseus as his mother, daughter of Autolycus.
Children
Relations
- spouse: LaertesWife of Laertes of Ithaca.Apollodorus, Bibliotheca 1.9.16 (primary)
- mother of: OdysseusMother of Odysseus; greek_odysseus parentIds should add greek_anticlea_ithaca.Homer, Odyssey 11.85 (primary)
Sources
- existence: Homer, Odyssey 11.85, 11.152-224, 19.394-416 (primary); Apollodorus, Bibliotheca 1.9.16 (primary); Gantz, Early Greek Myth (1993), pp. 175-176 (secondary)