Autonoe (mythology)

In Greek mythology, Autonoë (/ɔːˈtɒnoʊ.i/; Ancient Greek: Αὐτονόη means "think for oneself") may refer to the following personages:

• Autonoë, one of the Nereids, sea nymph daughters of Nereus and Doris.[1][2]
• Autonoë, one of the Danaïdes, daughter of Danaus and Polyxo.[3]
• Autonoë, was one of the daughters of Cadmus and Harmonia.[4][5]
• Autonoë, daughter of Pireus and mother of Palaemon by Heracles.[6]
• Autonoë, one of Penelope's maids.[7]

Notes

1. Pseudo-Apollodorus, Bibliotheca 1.2.7 ff
2. Hesiod, Theogony 240 ff
3. Pseudo-Apollodorus, Bibliotheca 2.1.5
4. Hesiod, Theogony 977
5. Pseudo-Apollodorus, Bibliotheca 3.4.2
6. Pseudo-Apollodorus, Bibliotheca 2.7.8
7. Homer, Odyssey 18.182

References

• Hesiod, Theogony from The Homeric Hymns and Homerica with an English Translation by Hugh G. Evelyn-White, Cambridge, MA.,Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1914. Online version at the Perseus Digital Library. Greek text available from the same website.
• Homer, The Odyssey with an English Translation by A.T. Murray, PH.D. in two volumes. Cambridge, MA., Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann, Ltd. 1919. Online version at the Perseus Digital Library. Greek text available from the same website.
• 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. Online version at the Perseus Digital Library. Greek text available from the same website.