Protogeneia

Protogeneia (/ˌprɒtə.dʒəˈnaɪə/; Ancient Greek: Πρωτογένεια means "the firstborn"), in Greek mythology, may refer to:

• Protogeneia, daughter of Deucalion and Pyrrha, progenitors in Greek mythology.[1] By Zeus, she became the mother of Opus[2][3] Aethlius, Aetolus and possibly of Dorus[4]. This Protogeneia and the one below maybe different or the same person.
• Protogeneia, also called Cambyse[5], daughter of the above Opus. Zeus carried her off from the land of the Epeans and became by her, on mount Maenalus in Arcadia, the father of Opus II[2]. She was later received by Locrus who for being childless, married Protogeneia and adopted her son Opus as his own.[6]
• Protogeneia, daughter of Calydon and Aeolia, daughter of Amythaon, and thus sister to Epicaste. With Ares, she was mother to Oxylus of Aetolia.[7]
• Protogeneia, the eldest of the daughters of Erechtheus and Praxithea. She and her sister Pandora committed suicide when Erechtheus sacrificed Chthonia, another sister of theirs. Protogeneia's other sisters were Procris, Creusa, and Oreithyia[8]

For the asteroid, see 147 Protogeneia.

Notes

1. Pseudo-Apollodorus, Bibliotheca 1.7.2
2. Scholia on Pindar, Olympian Ode 9. 85
3. Scholia on Apollonius Rhodius, Argonautica 4.1780
4. Pseudo-Clement, Recognitions 21
5. Eustathius on Homer, p. 277
6. Pindar, Olympian Ode 9.86 ff
7. Pseudo-Apollodorus, Bibliotheca 1.7.7
8. Suda s.v. Maidens, Virgins (Παρθένοι)

References

• Pindar, Odes translated by Diane Arnson Svarlien. 1990. Online version at the Perseus Digital Library.
• Pindar, The Odes of Pindar including the Principal Fragments with an Introduction and an English Translation by Sir John Sandys, Litt.D., FBA. Cambridge, MA., Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1937. Greek text available at the Perseus Digital Library.
• Pseudo-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. Online version 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

External links

• The Ancient Library - Protogeneia

 This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Smith, William, ed. (1870). "^{article name needed}". Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology.