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Alcaea

In Greek mythology, Alcaea was a Thessalian princess as the daughter of King Hypseus of Lapiths and the naiad Chlidanope. She was the sister of Cyrene, Themisto and Astyaguia.

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In Greek mythology, Alcaea (Ancient Greek: Άλκαία, romanizedAlkaía, lit.'mighty') was a Thessalian princess as the daughter of King Hypseus of Lapiths and the naiad Chlidanope.12 She was the sister of Cyrene,3 Themisto4 and Astyaguia.5

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  1. Scholia ad Pindar, Pythian Ode 9.31
  2. Graves, Robert (2017). The Greek Myths - The Complete and Definitive Edition. Penguin Books Limited. pp. 276. ISBN 9780241983386.
  3. Scholia ad Pindar, Pythian Ode 9.31; Callimachus, Hymn 2 to Apollo 85 ff; Diodorus Siculus, 4.81.1; Nonnus, 29.180
  4. Apollodorus, 1.9.2
  5. Diodorus Siculus, 4.69.3
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