Meganeira
Meganeira or Meganira (Ancient Greek Μεγάνειρα) is a name that may refer to one of the following figures in Greek mythology:
- Meganeira, daughter of Croco(n) and mother of Apheidas and Elatus by Arcas, son of Zeus and Callisto.[1]
- Meganeira, mother by Diomus of Alcyoneus. Together with her family, they lived in the city of Crisa at the foot of the Parnassus. This Alcyoneus was destined by lot to be sacrificed to the monster Sybaris on the basis of an oracle. However, the boy was saved by Eurybatus, who fell in love with the handsome lad and killed the monster.[2]
- Meganeira, same as Metaneira, wife of King Celeus of Eleusis.
Notes
gollark: <@!221827050892296192> The Wireless Telegraphy Act 2006 is from 2006.
gollark: I probably already have by using my RTL-SDR to look at pager messages. It turns out there are a lot of them here.
gollark: Weirdly, in the UK it's illegal to "[use] wireless telegraphy apparatus with intent to obtain information as to the contents, sender or addressee of a message (whether sent by means of wireless telegraphy or not) of which neither he nor a person on whose behalf he is acting is an intended recipient" because of the "Wireless Telegraphy Act", presumably even if someone is broadcasting stuff completely unencrypted.
gollark: Clearly we need space mining and nuclear fission power.
gollark: I'm not sure the UK's does, and I live there.
References
- Apollodorus, Apollodorus, The Library, with an English Translation by Sir James George Frazer, F.B.A., F.R.S. in 2 Volumes. Cambridge, Massachusetts, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1921. Online version at the Perseus Digital Library.
- Antoninus Liberalis, The Metamorphoses of Antoninus Liberalis translated by Francis Celoria (Routledge 1992). Online version at the Topos Text Project.
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