Editing Telephassa (section)

{{Short description|Lunar epithet in Greek mythology}}

'''Telephassa''' ({{IPAc-en|ˌ|t|ɛ|l|ᵻ|ˈ|f|æ|s|ə}}; {{langx|grc|Τηλέφασσα}}, ''Tēléphassa'', "far-shining"), also spelled '''Telephaassa''' ({{IPAc-en|ˌ|t|ɛ|l|ᵻ|f|i|ˈ|æ|s|ə}}; {{lang|grc|Τηλεφάασσα}}) and '''Telephe'''<ref>[[Scholia]]st on [[Euripides]], ''[[Ion (play)|Ion]]'' 5</ref> ({{IPAc-en|ˈ|t|ɛ|l|ᵻ|f|iː}}; {{lang|grc|Τηλέφη}}), is a lunar [[epithet]] in [[Greek mythology]] that is sometimes substituted for '''[[Argiope (mythology)|Argiope]]''' the wife of [[Agenor]], according to his name a "leader of men"<ref>Kerenyi, ''The Heroes of the Greeks'' 1959:27.</ref> in [[Phoenicia]], and mother of [[Cadmus]].<ref>"She bore the lunar name Telephassa or Telephae, 'she who illuminates afar', or Argiope 'she of the white face'", [[Karl Kerenyi]] notes in ''The Heroes of the Greeks'' 1959:27.</ref><ref>Other mythic figures were also named Argiope.</ref>