Dorodoche

Dorodoche (Greek Δωροδόχη) is a person from Greek mythology.

According to a scholion to Homer's Odyssey, she is the daughter of Orsilochus and the wife of Icarius, who is called a son of Oebalus. Together with Icarius, Dorodoche is the mother of Penelope. [1]

Literature

Heinrich Wilhelm Stoll: Dorodoche. In: Wilhelm Heinrich Roscher (Ed.): Detailed lexicon of Greek and Roman mythology. Volume 1,1, Leipzig 1886, column 1199 (digitized version).
Richard Wagner: Dorodoche. In: Paulys Realencyclopadie der classical antiquity science (RE). Volume V, 2, Stuttgart 1905, Col. 1568.

Remarks
Pherekydes, fragment 90 at the Scholion zu Homer, Odyssey 15, 16, in: Karl Müller, Theodor Müller, Victor Langlois (eds.): Fragmenta historicorum graecorum (FHG), vol. 1, p. 93.

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