Anticlea

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Anticlea is a figure in Greek mythology best known as the mother of the hero Odysseus and the wife of Laertes.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Anticlea canonical 6
Anticleia (in some traditions) 1

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Statements (32)

Predicate Object
instanceOf figure in Greek mythology
mythological character
appearsIn Homeric epic tradition
appearsInEpisode Nekyia (Odyssey, Book 11)
associatedWithWork Homer's Odyssey
surface form: Odyssey
causeOfDeath grief over Odysseus' long absence
culture Ancient Greek
daughterOf Amphithea
Autolycus
deathContext died before Odysseus returned from Troy
ethnicity Greek
familyRole matriarch of Odysseus' family line
fatherIs Autolycus
gender female
granddaughterOf Chione
Hermes
grandfatherIs Hermes
hasChild Odysseus
knownFrom later mythographic traditions
languageContext Ancient Greek literature
meets Odysseus in the Underworld
motherIs Amphithea
motherOf Odysseus
mythology Greek mythology
notableFor being the mother of Odysseus
being the wife of Laertes
placeOfAfterlife Underworld
relatedTo Penelope
Telemachus
sourceText Homer's Odyssey
surface form: Homer, Odyssey
sourceTradition Epic Cycle
spouse Laertes

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Referenced by (7)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Odysseus mother Anticlea
Telemachus grandmother Anticlea
Autolycus child Anticlea
Laertes husbandOf Anticlea
Bellerophon (later hero associated with Corinthian region) spouse Anticlea
subject surface form: Bellerophon
this entity surface form: Anticleia (in some traditions)
Neaera relativeByMarriage Anticlea
Autolychus child Anticlea