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'''Anaxibia''' ({{IPAc-en|æ|n|ə|k|ˈ|s|ɪ|b|i|ə}}; [[Ancient Greek]]: {{lang|grc|Ἀναξίβια}}) is the name of six characters in [[Greek mythology]].

*Anaxibia, one of the [[Danaïdes]], married to [[Archelaus (mythology)|Archelaus]], son of [[Aegyptus]].<ref>[[Bibliotheca (Pseudo-Apollodorus)|Apollodorus]], [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Apollod.+2.1.5&fromdoc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.01.0022:chapter=&highlight=Anaxibia 2.1.5]</ref>
*Anaxibia, a [[naiad]] of the [[Ganges]] river. She fled from the advances of [[Helios]], but she disappeared in [[Artemis]]'s sanctuary on Mount Koryphe.<ref>[[Pseudo-Plutarch]], ''De fluviis'' [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Ps.+Plut.+Fluv.+4&fromdoc=Perseus%3Atext%3A2008.01.0400:chapter=4&highlight=Anaxibia 4]. Pseudo-Plutarch attributed this story to Clitophon the Rhodian's first book of ''Indian Relations'', perhaps writing down an Indian tale using the names of the Greek gods via interpretatio graeca.</ref>
*Anaxibia, mother of [[Meander (mythology)|Maeander]] by [[Cercaphus]].<ref>Pseudo-Plutarch, ''De fluviis'' [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:2008.01.0400:chapter=9&highlight=Anaxibia 9]</ref>
*Anaxibia, daughter of [[Bias (son of Amythaon)|Bias]] and [[Iphianassa]], and niece of [[Melampus]]. She married [[Pelias]], King of [[Iolcus]], to whom she bore [[Acastus]], [[Pisidice]], [[Pelopia]], [[Hippothoe]], [[Alcestis]], and [[Medusa (Greek myth)|Medusa]].<ref>Apollodorus, [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Apollod.+1.9.10&fromdoc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.01.0022:book=1:chapter=9&highlight=Anaxibia 1.9.10]; [[Gaius Julius Hyginus|Hyginus]], ''Fabulae'' [https://topostext.org/work/206#51 51]</ref> She was sometimes called [[Alphesiboea]]<ref>[[Theocritus]], ''Idylls'' 3.45</ref> or [[Philomache|Phylomache]], daughter of [[Amphion]].<ref>Apollodorus, [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Apollod.+1.9.10&fromdoc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.01.0022:boo=0:chapter=0&highlight=Phylomache 1.9.10]</ref>
*Anaxibia, daughter of [[Cratieus]]. She married [[Nestor (mythology)|Nestor]] and is the mother of [[Pisidice]], [[Polycaste]], [[Perseus (son of Nestor)]], [[Stratichus]], [[Aretus]], [[Echephron]], [[Peisistratus (Odyssey)|Peisistratus]], [[Antilochus]], and [[Thrasymedes (mythology)|Thrasymedes]].<ref>Apollodorus, [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Apollod.+1.9.9&fromdoc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.01.0022:book=1:chapter=9&highlight=Anaxibia 1.9.9]</ref> More commonly, [[Eurydice of Pylos]] is considered to be Nestor's wife and the mother of these children.<ref>[[Homer]], ''[[Odyssey]]'' [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.01.0136%3Abook%3D3%3Acard%3D447 3.452]</ref>
*Anaxibia, daughter of [[Atreus]] and [[Aerope]] or, alternatively, of [[Pleisthenes of Mycenae|Pleisthenes]] and Aerope<ref>[[John Tzetzes|Tzetzes]], Exeg. in Homer, ''[[Iliad]]'' p. 68, 20 with [[Hesiod]] as authority</ref> or Pleisthenes and [[Cleolla]] (daughter of [[Zeus|Dias]]), and sister of [[Agamemnon]] and [[Menelaus]].<ref>Hesiod, ''[[Catalogue of Women|Ehoiai]]'' [http://www.theoi.com/Text/HesiodCatalogues.html 69]</ref> She married [[Strophius]], king of [[Phocis]], becoming mother of [[Pylades]].<ref>[[Pausanias (geographer)|Pausanias]], [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Paus.+2.29.4&fromdoc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.01.0160:book=2:chapter=29&highlight=Anaxibi 2.29.4]; [[Scholia]] on [[Euripides]], ''[[Orestes (play)|Orestes]]'' 765 & 1233</ref> Anaxibia was also known as [[Astyoche]]<ref>Hyginus, ''Fabulae'' [https://topostext.org/work/206#117 117]</ref> or [[Cydragora]].<ref>Scholia on Euripides, ''Orestes'' 33</ref>

== Notes ==
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== References ==

*[[Bibliotheca (Pseudo-Apollodorus)|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. ISBN 0-674-99135-4. [http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:1999.01.0022 Online version at the Perseus Digital Library.] [http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:1999.01.0021 Greek text available from the same website].
*[[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.]
*[[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. {{ISBN|978-0674995611|}}. [http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:1999.01.0136 Online version at the Perseus Digital Library.] [http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:1999.01.0135 Greek text available from the same website].
*[[Plutarch|Lucius Mestrius Plutarchus]], ''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].
* [[Pausanias (geographer)|Pausanias]], ''Description of Greece'' with an English Translation by W.H.S. Jones, Litt.D., and H.A. Ormerod, M.A., in 4 Volumes. Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1918. {{ISBN|0-674-99328-4}}. [http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:1999.01.0160 Online version at the Perseus Digital Library]
*Pausanias, ''Graeciae Descriptio.'' ''3 vols''. Leipzig, Teubner. 1903.  [http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:1999.01.0159 Greek text available at the Perseus Digital Library].
* [[Pseudo-Plutarch]], ''De fluviis'', in ''Plutarch's morals, Volume V'', edited and translated by [[William Watson Goodwin]], Boston: Little, Brown & Co., 1874. [http://data.perseus.org/texts/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0094.tlg001.perseus-eng1 Online version at the Perseus Digital Library].
*[[Theocritus]], ''Idylls'' from ''The Greek Bucolic Poets t''ranslated by Edmonds, J M. Loeb Classical Library Volume 28. Cambridge, MA. Harvard University Press. 1912. [http://www.theoi.com/Text/TheocritusIdylls1.html Online version at theoi.com]
*Theocritus, ''Idylls'' edited by R. J. Cholmeley, M.A. London. George Bell & Sons. 1901. [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:1999.01.0228 Greek text available at the Perseus Digital Library.]


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