Scarphe (mythology)

In Greek mythology, Scarphe (/ˈskar.fi/; Ancient Greek: Σκάρφη, romanized: Skárphē, lit. 'black hellebore') was possibly the mother, by Aeson, King of Iolcus, of Jason[1] and possibly Promachus (the latter’s brother).[2]

In some accounts, she was called either (1) Arne;[1] (2) Alcimede, daughter of Phylacus;[3] (3) Polymede[4] (Polymele[5] or Polypheme[6]), daughter of Autolycus; (4) Amphinome;[7] (5) Rhoeo, daughter of Staphylus[8] or lastly, (6) Theognete, daughter of Laodicus.[9]

Notes

  1. 1 2 Tzetzes on Lycophron, 872.
  2. ↑ Diodorus Siculus, 4.50.2; Apollodorus, 1.9.27.
  3. ↑ Apollonius Rhodius, 1.47, 233 & 259; Scholia ad ibid, 1.45 & ad Homer, Odyssey 12.69, both have Pherecydes as the authority; Valerius Flaccus, 1.297; Hyginus, Fabulae 3, 13 & 14
  4. ↑ Apollodorus, 1.9.16; Tzetzes on Lycophron, 175, 872.
  5. ↑ Hesiod, Ehoiai fr. 38; Tzetzes, Chiliades 6.979; Scholia ad Homer, Odyssey 12.69 with Hesiod as the authority.
  6. ↑ Scholia ad Apollonius Rhodius, 1.45 with Herodorus as authority.
  7. ↑ Diodorus Siculus, 4.50.2
  8. ↑ Tzetzes, Chiliades 6.979.
  9. ↑ Scholia ad Apollonius Rhodius, 1.45 with Andron on Epitome of Affinity as the source.

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