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In [[Greek mythology]], '''Pisidice''' ({{IPAc-en|p|aɪ|ˈ|s|ɪ|d|ᵻ|s|iː}}, {{langx|grc|Πεισιδίκη}}, ''Peisidíkē'', "to convince or persuade") or '''Peisidice''' was one of the following individuals:

* Pisidice, a [[Ancient Thessaly|Thessalian]] princess as the daughter of King [[Aeolus (son of Hellen)|Aeolus]] of Aeolia and [[Enarete]], daughter of [[Deïmachus (mythology)|Deimachus]]. She was the sister of [[Salmoneus]], [[Athamas]], [[Sisyphus]], [[Cretheus]], [[Perieres (king of Messenia)|Perieres]], [[Deioneus]], [[Magnes (son of Aeolus)|Magnes]], [[Calyce (mythology)|Calyce]], [[Canace]], [[Alcyone and Ceyx|Alcyone]] and [[Perimede (mythology)|Perimede]]. Peisidice was the mother of [[Antiphus]] and [[Actor (mythology)|Actor]] by [[Myrmidon (hero)|Myrmidon]].<ref>[[Hesiod]], ''[[Catalogue of Women|Ehoiai]]'' fr. 10(a); [[Bibliotheca (Pseudo-Apollodorus)|Apollodorus]], [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Apollod.+1.7.3&fromdoc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.01.0022:book=1:chapter=7&highlight=Pisidice 1.7.3]</ref> She may also be the mother of Myrmidon's other children: [[Erysichthon of Thessaly|Erysichthon]],<ref>[[Claudius Aelianus|Aelian]], ''Varia Historia'' [https://topostext.org/work/220#1.27 1.27]; [[Athenaeus]], 10.9b</ref> [[Dioplethes]],<ref>[[Scholia]] on [[Homer]], ''[[Iliad]]'' 16.177</ref> [[Hiscilla]]<ref>[[Gaius Julius Hyginus|Hyginus]], ''[[De astronomia]]'' [https://topostext.org/work/207#2.14.5 2.14.5]</ref> and [[Eupolemeia]].<ref>[[Apollonius Rhodius]], 1.54; Hyginus, ''Fabulae'' [https://topostext.org/work/206#14 14]</ref>
* Pisidice, an alternate name for [[Demonice]], mother of [[Thestius]] by [[Ares]].<ref>[[Pseudo-Plutarch]], ''De fluviis'' 22.1</ref>
* Pisidice, a princess of [[Iolcus]] as the daughter of [[Pelias]], who, together with her sisters, killed their father, as [[Medea]] tricked them into believing this was needed to rejuvenate him.<ref>Hesiod, ''Ehoiai'' fr. 35; Apollodorus, 1.9.10 & 27; Hyginus, ''Fabulae'' [https://topostext.org/work/206#24 24]</ref>
* Pisidice, a [[Pylos|Pylian]] princess and daughter of King [[Nestor (mythology)|Nestor]] and [[Anaxibia]]<ref>Homer, ''[[Odyssey]]'' 3.451–52</ref> or [[Eurydice of Pylos|Eurydice]].<ref>Apollodorus, [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Apollod.+1.9.9&fromdoc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.01.0022 1.9.9]</ref> She was sister to [[Polycaste]], [[Perseus of Pylos|Perseus]], [[Stratichus]], [[Aretus]], [[Echephron]], [[Peisistratus (Odyssey)|Pisistratus]], [[Antilochus]] and [[Thrasymedes (mythology)|Thrasymedes]].<ref>Homer, ''Odyssey'' 3.452; Apollodorus, [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Apollod.+1.9.9&fromdoc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.01.0022:book=1:chapter=9&highlight=Pisidice 1.9.9]</ref> She was probably the Pisidice who became the mother of [[Borus]] by [[Periclymenus]], brother of Nestor and consequently her uncle.<ref>Scholia on [[Plato]], ''[[Symposium (Plato)|Symposium]]'' 208d citing [[Hellanicus of Lesbos|Hellanicus]]</ref>
* [[Pisidice of Methymna]], a princess of [[Methymna]], who fell in love with [[Achilles]] as he besieged her city, and promised to put Methymna into his possession if he would marry her. He agreed to her terms but, as soon as the city was his, he ordered that she be stoned to death as a traitor.<ref>[[Parthenius of Nicaea|Parthenius]], [https://topostext.org/work/550#21 21]</ref><ref>Compare with the stories of [[Scylla (princess)|Scylla]] and [[Minos]], and of [[Comaetho]] and [[Amphitryon]]; see also [[Leucophrye]]</ref>
*Pisidice, a queen of [[Haliartus]] as wife of King [[Copreus (mythology)|Copreus]].<ref name=":0">Gantz, p. 180.</ref> She was of royal descent as well as the daughter of King [[Leucon]] of [[Boeotia]]. By her husband, Pisidice became the mother of [[Hippoclus (mythology)|Hippoclus]]<ref name=":0" /> and [[Argynnus|Argynnos]], who was loved by [[Agamemnon]] and drowned in River [[Cephissus (Boeotia)|Cephissus]].<ref>[[Stephanus of Byzantium]], s.v. ''Argynnion''</ref>

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== References ==

* [[Apollonius of Rhodes|Apollonius Rhodius]], ''Argonautica'' translated by Robert Cooper Seaton (1853-1915), R. C. Loeb Classical Library Volume 001. London, William Heinemann Ltd, 1912. [https://topostext.org/work/126 Online version at the Topos Text Project.]
*Apollonius Rhodius, ''Argonautica''. George W. Mooney. London. Longmans, Green. 1912. [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:1999.01.0227 Greek text available at the Perseus Digital Library]. 
*[[Athenaeus|Athenaeus of Naucratis]], ''The Deipnosophists or Banquet of the Learned.'' London. Henry G. Bohn, York Street, Covent Garden. 1854. [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:2013.01.0003 Online version at the Perseus Digital Library]. 
*Athenaeus of Naucratis, ''Deipnosophistae''. Kaibel. In Aedibus B.G. Teubneri. Lipsiae. 1887. [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:2013.01.0001 Greek text available at the Perseus Digital Library]. 
*[[Claudius Aelianus]], ''Varia Historia'' translated by Thomas Stanley (d.1700) edition of 1665. [https://topostext.org/work/220 Online version at the Topos Text Project.] 
*Claudius Aelianus, ''Claudii Aeliani de natura animalium libri xvii, varia historia, epistolae, fragmenta, Vol 2''. Rudolf Hercher. In Aedibus B.G. Teubneri. Lipsiae. 1866. [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:2008.01.0591 Greek text available at the Perseus Digital Library].  
*[[Hesiod]], ''Catalogue of Women'' from ''Homeric Hymns, Epic Cycle, Homerica'' translated by Evelyn-White, H G. Loeb Classical Library Volume 57. London: William Heinemann, 1914. [http://www.theoi.com/Text/HesiodCatalogues.html Online version at theio.com] 
* [[Homer]], [[Odyssey|''The Odyssey'']] with an English Translation by A.T. Murray, Ph.D. in two volumes. Cambridge, MA., Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann, Ltd. 1919. [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:1999.01.0136 Online version at the Perseus Digital Library.] [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:1999.01.0135 Greek text available from the same website].
* [[Gaius Julius Hyginus]], ''Astronomica from The Myths of Hyginus'' translated and edited by Mary Grant. University of Kansas Publications in Humanistic Studies. [https://topostext.org/work/207 Online version at the Topos Text Project.]
*[[Parthenius of Nicaea|Parthenius]], ''Love Romances'' translated by Sir Stephen Gaselee (1882-1943), S. Loeb Classical Library Volume 69. Cambridge, MA. Harvard University Press. 1916.  [https://topostext.org/work/550 Online version at the Topos Text Project.]
*[[Gaius Julius Hyginus]], ''Fabulae from The Myths of Hyginus'' translated and edited by Mary Grant. University of Kansas Publications in Humanistic Studies. [https://topostext.org/work/206 Online version at the Topos Text Project.]
* [[Parthenius of Nicaea|Parthenius]], ''Erotici Scriptores Graeci, Vol. 1''. Rudolf Hercher. in aedibus B. G. Teubneri. Leipzig. 1858. [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:2008.01.0643 Greek text available at the Perseus Digital Library].
* [[Bibliotheca (Pseudo-Apollodorus)|Pseudo-Apollodorus]], ''The Library'' with an English Translation by Sir James George Frazer, F.B.A., F.R.S. in 2 Volumes, Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1921. [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:1999.01.0022 Online version at the Perseus Digital Library.] [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:1999.01.0021 Greek text available from the same website].
* [[Plutarch]], ''Morals'' translated from the Greek by several hands. Corrected and revised by. [[William Watson Goodwin|William W. Goodwin]], Ph.D. Boston. Little, Brown, and Company. Cambridge. Press Of John Wilson and son. 1874. 5. [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus%3Atext%3A2008.01.0400%3Achapter%3D1 Online version at the Perseus Digital Library].
* [[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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