Themiste

In Greek mythology, Themiste (Ancient Greek: Θεμίστη) was a Trojan princess and daughter of King Ilus of Troad[1] and possibly, Eurydice or Leucippe[2]. She was the (half) sister of Laomedon, Tithonius and Telecleia[3]. Themiste was married off by Ilus to her cousin Capys, son of Assaracus and Hieromneme. With him she became the mother of Anchises and possibly, Acoetes[4]. The former son would later become the father of the famous Aeneas while the later one, became the father of the priest Laocoon.

Family tree

Trojan race

Oceanus Tethys Atlas Pleione Scamander Idaea Simoeis Zeus/Jupiter Electra Teucer Dardanus Batea Ilus Erichthonius Astyoche Callirrhoe Tros Ilus Ganymede Assaracus Hieromneme Laomedon Themiste Capys Priam Anchises Aphrodite/Venus Latinus Creusa of Troy Aeneas Lavinia Ascanius Silvius Silvius Aeneas Silvius Brutus of Britain Latinus Silvius Alba Atys Capys Capetus Tiberinus Silvius Agrippa Romulus Silvius Aventinus Procas Numitor Amulius Ares/Mars Rhea Silvia Hersilia Romulus Remus

Notes

1. Pseudo-Apollodorus, Bibliotheca 3.12.2
2. Hyginus, Fabulae 250
3. Scholia on Euripides, Hecuba, 3
4. Hyginus, Fabulae 135

References

• Gaius Julius Hyginus, Fabulae from The Myths of Hyginus translated and edited by Mary Grant. University of Kansas Publications in Humanistic Studies. Online version at the Topos Text Project.
• 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. Greek text available from the same website.