Argiope
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Greek Mythological Persons
- Argiope, a Naiad, a daughter of the River God Nile. She was wife of Agenor and mother of his children. More commonly known as TelephassaTelephassaIn Greek mythology, Telephassa is a lunar epithet like Telephae that is sometimes substituted for Argiope, the wife of Agenor, according to his name a "leader of men" in Phoenicia, and mother of Cadmus. In some versions she is the daughter of Nilus, god of the Nile and Nephele, a soft cloud oceanid...
- Argiope, a Naiad of mount Parnassus, possibly the daughter of the river-god Cephissus, mother of Thamyras by Philammon
- Argiope, a Naiad of the town of Eleusis, possibly the daughter of the river-god Cephissus, mother of CercyonCercyonCercyon - Κερκύων was a figure in Greek mythology. He was the King of Eleusis, and a very strong man. According to the different versions, he was the son of:*Poseidon and one of the daughters of Amphictyon, or...
by Branchus - Argiope, daughter of TeuthrasTeuthrasIn Greek mythology, Teuthras was a king of Mysia, and mythological eponym of the town of Teuthrania. He received Auge, the ill-fated mother of Telephus, and either married her or adopted her as his own daughter. Later on, Idas was attempting to dethrone Teuthras and take possession of his kingdom...
, king of Teuthrania
Other uses
- Argiope (spider)Argiope (spider)The genus Argiope includes rather large and spectacular spiders that have often a strikingly coloured abdomen. These are well distributed throughout the world, and most countries in temperate or warmer climates have one or more species, which look similar....
, a genus of spiders which includes the St Andrew's Cross spider and the wasp spider - Argiope, a popular monster from the MMORPG Ragnarok OnlineRagnarok OnlineRagnarok Online , often referred to as RO, is a massively multiplayer online role-playing game or MMORPG created by GRAVITY Co., Ltd. based on the manhwa Ragnarok by Lee Myung-jin. It was first released in South Korea on 31 August 2002 for Microsoft Windows and has since been released in many other...