Antimache
In Greek mythology, Antimache (Ancient Greek: Ἀντιμάχη) was the queen of Tiryns as wife of King Eurystheus, who tasked Heracles with his Labors.
Mythology
[edit]Antimache was of Arcadian descent as the daughter of Amphidamas and the sister of Melanion, husband of the heroine Atalanta.[1] Together with her husband Eurystheus, Antimache bore the following children: Admete,[2] Alexander, Iphimedon, Eurybius, Mentor, Perimedes,[3] and possibly, Eurypylus.[4] All of her sons were killed in battle by the Athenians in the war that ensued when Athens refused to deliver the Heracleidae up to Eurystheus.[3] Alternatively, during a sacrificial meal in honor of his Twelve Labors being completed, Heracles himself slain Antimache's children: Eurybius, Perimedes and Eurypylus when they served him a smaller portion of meat than they did for themselves.[4]
Antimache appears in the 2014 film Hercules, played by Barbara Palvin.[5][6]
Notes
[edit]- ^ Apollodorus, 3.9.2
- ^ Apollodorus, 2.5.9
- ^ a b Apollodorus, 2.8.1
- ^ a b Athenaeus, Deipnosophistae 4.158 (p. 219)
- ^ "Twitter / BarbaraPalvin: Had an amazing day shooting". Twitter.com. 2013-09-16. Retrieved 2014-07-14.
- ^ "Twitter / BrettRatner: So excited to have @barbarapalvin". Twitter.com. 2013-09-09. Retrieved 2014-07-14.
References
[edit]- Apollodorus, The Library with an English Translation by Sir James George Frazer, F.B.A., F.R.S. in 2 Volumes, Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1921. ISBN 0-674-99135-4. Online version at the Perseus Digital Library. Greek text available from the same website.
- Athenaeus of Naucratis, The Deipnosophists or Banquet of the Learned. London. Henry G. Bohn, York Street, Covent Garden. 1854. Online version at the Perseus Digital Library.
- Athenaeus of Naucratis, Deipnosophistae. Kaibel. In Aedibus B.G. Teubneri. Lipsiae. 1887. Greek text available at the Perseus Digital Library.
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