In Greek mythology, Demonice (/ˌdɛməˈnaɪsiː/; Ancient Greek: Δημονίκη, romanized: Dēmonī́kē) was an Aetolian princess as the daughter of Agenor and Epicaste and thus sister of Porthaon and in some account, Thestius.[1] She bore Ares four sons: Evenus, Molus, Pylus, and Thestius.[2] Her son's names may be intended to be eponyms, with Evenus corresponding to the river Evinos in Aetolia; Pylus to the Aetolian city of Pylene between the rivers Achelous and Evenos; and Molus to the people named Molossians from Epirus. Demonice was also known as Demodice[3] (Δημοδίκη) or Demodoce.[4]
Mythology
Demonice was recounted by Hesiod in his Catalogue of Women in the following lines:
"Demodoce whom very many of men on earth, mighty princes, wooed, promising splendid gifts, because of her exceeding beauty."[5]
Notes
Pausanias, Graeciae Descriptio 3.13.8
Pseudo-Apollodorus, Bibliotheca 1.7.7
Scholia on Apollonius Rhodius, Argonautica 1.146
Scholia on Homer, Iliad 14.200; on Odyssey 1.98
Hesiod. Catalogue of Women, fr. 22; Porphyrius. Quaest. Hom. ad Iliad. pert. p. 189. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
References
Pausanias, Description of Greece with an English Translation by W.H.S. Jones, Litt.D., and H.A. Ormerod, M.A., in 4 Volumes. Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1918. ISBN 0-674-99328-4. Online version at the Perseus Digital Library
Pausanias, Graeciae Descriptio. 3 vols. Leipzig, Teubner. 1903. 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. ISBN 0-674-99135-4. . Greek text .
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