Editing Protogeneia

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'''Protogeneia''' ({{IPAc-en|ˌ|p|r|ɒ|t|ə|.|dʒ|ə|ˈ|n|aɪ|ə}}; [[Ancient Greek language|Ancient Greek]]: {{lang|grc|Πρωτογένεια}} means "the firstborn"), in [[Greek mythology]], may refer to:

*Protogeneia, a [[Phthia]]n princess as the daughter of King [[Deucalion]] of [[Ancient Thessaly|Thessaly]] and [[Pyrrha]], mythological progenitors of the [[Names of the Greeks|Hellenes]].<ref>[[Bibliotheca (Pseudo-Apollodorus)|Apollodorus]], [http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Apollod.+1.7.2&fromdoc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.01.0022:chapter=&highlight=Protogenia 1.7.2]; [[Pherecydes of Athens|Pherecydes]], fr. 3F23; Gantz, p. 167; Hard, [https://books.google.com/books?id=r1Y3xZWVlnIC&pg=PA404 p. 404]; Grimal, [https://archive.org/details/dictionaryofclas0000grim/page/396/mode/2up?view=theater s.v. Protogenia, p. 396].</ref> She was the sister of [[Hellen]] and [[Amphictyon]], and possibly of [[Thyia of Thessaly|Thyia]] and [[Pandora of Thessaly|Pandora II]], [[Melantho]]<ref>[[Tzetzes]] ad [[Lycophron]], [https://topostext.org/work/860#207 208] [[iarchive:isaakioukaiiann00mlgoog/page/n556/mode/1up|(Gk. text)]]</ref>{{AI-generated source|date=November 2024}} ([[Melanthea]]) and [[Candybus]]. By [[Zeus]], Protogeneia became the mother of [[Opus (mythology)|Opus]],<ref>[[Scholia]] on [[Pindar]], ''Olympian'' [https://scaife.perseus.org/reader/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg5034.tlg001a.perseus-grc1:9.85 9.85 (Drachmann, pp. 288–289)] [= ''[[Brill's New Jacoby|BNJ]]'' 4 F117a]; Scholia on [[Apollonius Rhodius]], 4.1780</ref> [[Aethlius]],<ref>[[Gaius Julius Hyginus|Hyginus]], ''Fabulae'' [https://topostext.org/work/206#155 155]</ref> [[Aetolus of Aetolia|Aetolus]]<ref>[[Bibliotheca (Pseudo-Apollodorus)|Apollodorus]], [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Apollod.+1.7.2&fromdoc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.01.0022:book=1:chapter=7&highlight=Aethlius 1.7.2]; [[Hyginus (Fabulae)|Hyginus]], ''Fabulae'' [https://topostext.org/work/206#155 155].</ref> and possibly of [[Dorus (Deucalionid)|Dorus]].<ref>[[Clementine literature|Pseudo-Clement]], ''Recognitions'' 21.</ref>
*Protogeneia, also called [[Cambyse]],<ref>[[Eustathius of Thessalonica|Eustathius]] on [[Homer]], p. 277.</ref> daughter of the above Opus. Zeus carried her off from the land of the [[Ancient Elis|Epeans]] and became by her, on mount [[Mainalo|Maenalus]] in Arcadia, the father of Opus II.<ref name=":0">Hard, [https://books.google.com/books?id=r1Y3xZWVlnIC&pg=PA564 p. 564]; Scholia on Pindar, ''Olympian'' [https://scaife.perseus.org/reader/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg5034.tlg001a.perseus-grc1:9.85 9.85 (Drachmann, pp. 288&ndash;289)] [= ''BNJ'' 4 F117a].</ref> She was later received by [[Locrus]] who for being childless, married Protogeneia and adopted her son Opus as his own.<ref>Pindar, ''Olympian'' [http://data.perseus.org/citations/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0033.tlg001.perseus-eng1:9 9.43 ff.]</ref>
*Protogeneia, a [[Calydon]]ian princess as the daughter of King [[Calydon (son of Aetolus)|Calydon]] and [[Aeolia (mythology)|Aeolia]], daughter of [[Amythaon]], and thus sister to [[Epicaste]]. By [[Ares]], Protogeneia became the mother of [[Oxylus]] of [[Aetolia]].<ref>[[Bibliotheca (Pseudo-Apollodorus)|Apollodorus]], [http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Apollod.+1.7.7&fromdoc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.01.0022:chapter=&highlight=Protogenia 1.7.7]</ref>
*Protogeneia, an [[Athens|Athenian]] princess as the eldest of the daughters of King [[Erechtheus]] and probably [[Praxithea]], daughter of [[Phrasimus]] and [[Cephissus (Boeotia)|Diogeneia]]. She and her sister [[Pandora (Greek myth)|Pandora]] committed suicide when Erechtheus sacrificed [[Chthonia]], another sister of theirs. Protogeneia's other sisters were [[Procris]], [[Creusa of Athens|Creusa]], [[Orithyia of Athens|Oreithyia]],<ref>[[Suda]] s.v. ''[https://topostext.org/work/240#pi.668 Maidens, Virgins (Παρθένοι)]''.</ref> [[Merope (Greek myth)|Merope]]<ref>[[Plutarch]], ''Theseus'' 19.5.</ref> while her possible brothers were [[Cecrops II|Cecrops]], [[Pandorus]], [[Metion]],<ref>[[Bibliotheca (Pseudo-Apollodorus)|Apollodorus]], [http://data.perseus.org/texts/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0548.tlg001.perseus-eng1:3.15.1 3.15.1].</ref> [[Orneus]],<ref>[[Pausanias (geographer)|Pausanias]], 2.25.6; Plutarch, ''Theseus'' 32.1; [[Stephanus of Byzantium]],  s.v. ''[https://topostext.org/work/241#O496.5 Orneiai]''.</ref> [[Thespius]],<ref>[[Diodorus Siculus]], 4.29.2</ref> [[Eupalamus]]<ref>Diodorus Siculus, 4.76.1</ref> and [[Sicyon (mythology)|Sicyon]].<ref>Pausanias, [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.01.0160%3Abook%3D2%3Achapter%3D6%3Asection%3D5 2.6.5], citing [[Hesiod]] (''[[Catalogue of Women|Ehoiai]]'' fr. 224) for [[Erechtheus]].</ref>

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== References ==

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* [[Diodorus Siculus]], ''[[Bibliotheca historica|The Library of History]]'' translated by [[Charles Henry Oldfather]]. Twelve volumes. [[Loeb Classical Library]]. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard University Press; London: William Heinemann, Ltd. 1989. Vol. 3. Books 4.59&ndash;8. [http://penelope.uchicago.edu/Thayer/E/Roman/Texts/Diodorus_Siculus/home.html Online version at Bill Thayer's Web Site].
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* [[Clementine literature|Pseudo-Clement]], ''Recognitions'' from [[Ante-Nicene Period|Ante-Nicene]] Library Volume 8'','' translated by Smith, Rev. Thomas. T. & T. Clark, Edinburgh. 1867. [http://www.theoi.com/Text/ClementRecognitions.html Online version at Theoi.com]
* [[Stephanus of Byzantium]], ''Stephani Byzantii Ethnicorum quae supersunt,'' edited by August Meineike (1790-1870), published 1849. A few entries from this important ancient handbook of place names have been translated by Brady Kiesling. [https://topostext.org/work/241 Online version at the Topos Text Project].
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