Protogeneia

Template:For Protogeneia (Template:IPAc-en; Ancient Greek: Template:Lang means "the firstborn"), in Greek mythology, may refer to:

• Protogeneia, a Phthian princess as the daughter of King Deucalion of Thessaly and Pyrrha, mythological progenitors of the Hellenes.<ref>Apollodorus, 1.7.2; Pherecydes, fr. 3F23; Gantz, p. 167; Hard, p. 404; Grimal, s.v. Protogenia, p. 396.</ref> She was the sister of Hellen and Amphictyon, and possibly of Thyia and Pandora II, Melantho<ref>Tzetzes ad Lycophron, 208 (Gk. text)</ref>Template:AI-generated source (Melanthea) and Candybus. By Zeus, Protogeneia became the mother of Opus,<ref>Scholia on Pindar, Olympian 9.85 (Drachmann, pp. 288–289) [= BNJ 4 F117a]; Scholia on Apollonius Rhodius, 4.1780</ref> Aethlius,<ref>Hyginus, Fabulae 155</ref> Aetolus<ref>Apollodorus, 1.7.2; Hyginus, Fabulae 155.</ref> and possibly of Dorus.<ref>Pseudo-Clement, Recognitions 21.</ref>
• Protogeneia, also called Cambyse,<ref>Eustathius on Homer, p. 277.</ref> daughter of the above Opus. Zeus carried her off from the land of the Epeans and became by her, on mount Maenalus in Arcadia, the father of Opus II.<ref name=":0">Hard, p. 564; Scholia on Pindar, Olympian 9.85 (Drachmann, pp. 288–289) [= 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 9.43 ff.</ref>
• Protogeneia, a Calydonian princess as the daughter of King Calydon and Aeolia, daughter of Amythaon, and thus sister to Epicaste. By Ares, Protogeneia became the mother of Oxylus of Aetolia.<ref>Apollodorus, 1.7.7</ref>
• Protogeneia, an Athenian princess as the eldest of the daughters of King Erechtheus and probably Praxithea, daughter of Phrasimus and Diogeneia. She and her sister Pandora committed suicide when Erechtheus sacrificed Chthonia, another sister of theirs. Protogeneia's other sisters were Procris, Creusa, Oreithyia,<ref>Suda s.v. Maidens, Virgins (Παρθένοι).</ref> Merope<ref>Plutarch, Theseus 19.5.</ref> while her possible brothers were Cecrops, Pandorus, Metion,<ref>Apollodorus, 3.15.1.</ref> Orneus,<ref>Pausanias, 2.25.6; Plutarch, Theseus 32.1; Stephanus of Byzantium, s.v. Orneiai.</ref> Thespius,<ref>Diodorus Siculus, 4.29.2</ref> Eupalamus<ref>Diodorus Siculus, 4.76.1</ref> and Sicyon.<ref>Pausanias, 2.6.5, citing Hesiod (Ehoiai fr. 224) for Erechtheus.</ref>

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