Iphinoe, an
Argive princess as one of the daughters of King
Proetus and
Stheneboea. She and her sisters
Lysippe and
Iphianassa were driven mad (either because they didn't accept the rites of
Dionysus, or else because they disparaged a wooden statue of
Hera) and ran off into the wilderness like
maenads.
Melampus had to pursue them in order to provide a cure; Iphinoe died in the pursuit, but her sisters did eventually recover their wits through purification rites.[1]
Iphinoe, also a Megarian princess as daughter of King
Alcathous by either
Pyrgo or
Evaechme (daughter of the precedent). She died a maiden, and it was a custom for the girls of
Megara to bring libations to her tomb and to dedicate a lock of
hair to her before their marriage.[6]
Gaius Valerius Flaccus, Argonautica translated by Mozley, J H. Loeb Classical Library Volume 286. Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1928.
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