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Imenarete

According to the Roman author Hyginus, Imenarete was the mother of Elephenor, one of the Achaean leaders, by Chalcodon. In some accounts, the spouse of Chalcodon was called Melanippe or Alcyone.

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According to the Roman author Hyginus, Imenarete was the mother of Elephenor, one of the Achaean leaders, by Chalcodon.¹ In some accounts, the spouse of Chalcodon was called Melanippe² or Alcyone.³

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Smith, s.v. Elephenor; Hyginus, Fabulae 97.
Tzetzes ad Lycophron, 1034; Allegories of the Iliad Prolegomena 549
Apollodorus, E.3.11; Tzetzes, Allegories of the Iliad Prolegomena 548

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Hyginus, Gaius Julius, Fabulae, in The Myths of Hyginus, edited and translated by Mary A. Grant, Lawrence: University of Kansas Press, 1960. Online version at ToposText.
Smith, William, Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, London (1873). Online version at the Perseus Digital Library.
Tzetzes, John, Lycophronis Alexandra. Vol. II: Scholia Continens, edited by Eduard Scheer, Berlin, Weidmann, 1881. Internet Archive.