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Lysimache

Lysimache is the name of three characters in Greek mythology and history:Lysimache, daughter of Abas, son of Melampus. She married king Talaus of Argos and bore him these children: Adrastus, Mecisteus, Hippomedon, Pronax, Aristomachus, and Eriphyle. Lysimache, a daughter of Priam, king of Troy. Lysimache, daughter of Drakontides of Bate. She was a high priestess of Athena Polias, serving as such for 64 years.

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Marble portrait head of an old woman, sometimes identified as Lysimache, priestess of Athena. source ↗

Lysimache (/lˈsɪmək/; Ancient Greek: Λυσιμάχη; gen.: Λυσιμάχης, romanizedLusimákhē, lit.'releaser of battle' or 'scattering the battle') is the name of three characters in Greek mythology and history:

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  1. Apollodorus, 1.9.13.
  2. Apollodorus, 3.12.5.
  3. Keesling, Catherine M. (2012). "Syeris, Diakonos of the Priestess Lysimache on the Athenian Acropolis (IG II2 3464)". Hesperia: The Journal of the American School of Classical Studies at Athens. 81 (3): 467. doi:10.2972/hesperia.81.3.0467.
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