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👤 Megara

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  • Information
    first wife of Heracles
    Wikidata
    https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q929768
    Trismegistos
    https://www.trismegistos.org/name/43925
    Digital LIMC
    https://ark.dasch.swiss/ark:/72163/1/080E/jZKSfbcJSQSTfHe0rZFJTAe
    Gender
    Female
    Birth
    Birth is narrated
    Death
    Death is narrated
    Daughter of
    👤 Creon (Theban) king of Thebes
    Mother of
    👤 Therimachos son of Heracles and Megara👤 Creontiades son of Heracles and Megara👤 Deicoon (Heraclid) son of Heracles and Megara👥 the Children of Heracles and Megara killed by Heracles
    Wife of
    👤 Heracles greatest Greek hero👤 Iolaos son of Iphicles, companion of Heracles
    Has children with
    👤 Heracles greatest Greek hero
    Born at
    🌍 Thebes (Boiotia) city in Boiotia
    Killed by
    👤 Heracles greatest Greek hero
    Has post-mortem existence at
    🌍 the Underworld realm of Hades
    Related entities
    👤 Creon (Theban) king of Thebes👤 Creontiades son of Heracles and Megara👤 Deicoon (Heraclid) son of Heracles and Megara👤 Heracles greatest Greek hero👤 Therimachos son of Heracles and Megara👤 Iolaos son of Iphicles, companion of Heracles🌍 Thebes (Boiotia) city in Boiotia👤 Alcmene mother of Heracles🌍 the Underworld realm of Hades👤 Odysseus king of Ithaca, leader of the Cephallenian contingent at Troy👥 the Children of Heracles and Megara killed by Heracles👤 Amphitryon mortal father of Heracles👤 Lycos (Theban II) tries to rape Heracles' wife Megara
    Mentioned by
    📖 Apollodoros, Library 2.4.11📖 Apollodoros, Library 2.6.1📖 Apollodoros, Library 2.7.8📖 Pausanias 10.29.5-10.29.7📖 Homer, Odyssey 11.260-11.270📖 Lucian, Dialogues of the Gods 15 MacLeod📖 Pindar, Isthmian 4 43-72📖 Diodoros, Library 4.10.6-4.10.7📖 Diodoros, Library 4.31.1-4.31.3📖 D-Scholia, Odyssey 11.269-11.270
    Mentioned in text
    Apollodoros, LibraryPausaniasHomer, OdysseyLucian, Dialogues of the GodsPindar, Isthmian 4Diodoros, LibraryD-Scholia, Odyssey
    Reported to be mentioned in text
    Asclepiades, TragodoumenaHomer, Odyssey
    Mentioned in citation of
    📖 Asclepiades, Tragodoumena fr. 27 Villagra📖 Homer, Odyssey 11.260-11.270
    Depictions
    🎨 Wall Paintings from Casa dei Quadretti Teatrali I 6, 11, Pompeii (PALP r1-i6-p11-space-b)🎨 Wall Paintings from Casa del Centenario IX 8, 3.7, Pompeii (PALP r9-i8-p3-space-2)
    Reported depictions
    🎨 Wall Painting of Odysseus in the Underworld in the Lesche of the Cnidians, Delphi, by Polygnotos (LIMC Nekyia 6)
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