Marpessa

E88549

figure in Greek mythology mortal woman in Greek mythology

Marpessa is a figure in Greek mythology known as a mortal woman whose beauty led to a famous love contest between the god Apollo and the hero Idas.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Marpessa canonical	6
Marpessa (by Alcippe)	1

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	figure in Greek mythology ⓘ mortal woman in Greek mythology ⓘ
abductedBy	Apollo ⓘ Idas ⓘ
associatedDeity	Apollo ⓘ
associatedHero	Idas ⓘ
associatedWith	love contest between Apollo and Idas ⓘ
child	Cleopatra VII ⓘ surface form: Cleopatra Cleopatra Alcyone ⓘ
choseAsHusband	Idas ⓘ
culturalSphere	Greek Antiquity ⓘ surface form: Ancient Greece
father	Evenus ⓘ
gender	female ⓘ
grandfather	Ares ⓘ
involvedInEvent	dispute between Apollo and Idas ⓘ
knownFor	being the object of a contest between Apollo and Idas ⓘ
languageOfTradition	Ancient Greek ⓘ
madeChoiceBetween	Apollo ⓘ Idas ⓘ
mortalStatus	mortal ⓘ
mythologicalTradition	Greek mythology ⓘ
mythType	heroic legend ⓘ
notableRelative	Ares ⓘ Cleopatra ⓘ Evenus ⓘ
notableTheme	choice between mortal and immortal lover ⓘ conflict between god and hero over a woman ⓘ
partner	Idas ⓘ
protectedBy	Zeus ⓘ
pursuedBy	Apollo ⓘ
reasonForChoice	fear that Apollo would abandon her when she grew old ⓘ
rejectedLover	Apollo ⓘ
sourceText	Apollodorus' Bibliotheca ⓘ surface form: Apollodorus, Bibliotheca Pausanias’ Description of Greece ⓘ surface form: Pausanias, Description of Greece
spouse	Idas ⓘ

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

Apollo → lover → Marpessa ⓘ

Idas → spouse → Marpessa ⓘ

Idas → associatedWith → Marpessa ⓘ

Idas → chosenBy → Marpessa ⓘ

Evenus → father → Marpessa ⓘ

this entity surface form: Marpessa (by Alcippe)

Evenus → associatedWith → Marpessa ⓘ