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{{Short description|Daughter of Laertes, sister of Odysseus}}
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In [[Greek mythology]], '''Ctimene''' ({{IPAc-en|ˈ|t|ɪ|m|ɪ||n|i|}} {{respell|TIM|in|ee}};<ref>{{cite book|last1=Gardner|first1=Dorsey|title=Webster's Condensed Dictionary|date=1887|publisher=George Routledge and Sons|page=716|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=aU0yAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA716|accessdate=10 April 2018|archive-date=25 May 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240525100404/https://books.google.com/books?id=aU0yAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA716#v=onepage&q&f=false|url-status=live}}</ref> {{langx|grc|Κτιμένη|Ktiménē}}, {{IPA|grc|ktiménɛː}}) was an [[Homer's Ithaca|Ithacan]] princess as the daughter of King [[Laertes (father of Odysseus)|Laertes]] and [[Anticlea]], and wife of [[Eurylochus of Same|Eurylochus]].

== Family ==
Ctimene was the younger sister of [[Odysseus]], the [[legend]]ary king of [[Homer's Ithaca|Ithaca]] and is the wife of Eurylochus.<ref>Homer, ''Odyssey'' [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.01.0218%3Abook%3D15%3Acard%3D7 15.363] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240312140822/https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:1999.01.0218:book%3D15:card%3D7 |date=2024-03-12 }}</ref>

== Mythology ==
Ctimene was raised by her parents alongside the servant [[Eumaeus]] who was treated almost as her equal. She was married off to [[Eurylochus of Same]] for a massive [[bride price]].<ref>''[[Pierer's Universal-Lexikon]]'', Volume 9. Altenburg 1860, p. 868. ([http://www.zeno.org/Pierer-1857/A/Ktimĕne?hl=ktimene online copy (German)] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240312140822/http://www.zeno.org/Pierer-1857/A/Ktim%C4%95ne?hl=ktimene |date=2024-03-12 }})</ref><ref>Homer, ''Odyssey'' 15.365–367</ref> Her husband accompanied Odysseus on his journey from [[Trojan War|Troy]] but, like all of Odysseus's men, died before reaching home.

==Notes==
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==References==
* ''[[Odyssey]]'', 15.361–379.
*[[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].

{{Characters in the Odyssey}}

[[Category:Princesses in Greek mythology]]
[[Category:Characters in the Odyssey]]
[[Category:Mythological Ithacans]]

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