| Greek Name |
Transliteration |
Latin Spelling |
Translation |
| Fulonoh |
Phylonoê |
Phylonoe |
Mind of the People,
or Tribe (phylê, noos) |
PHYLONOE was a Spartan maiden who was granted immortality (apotheosis) as a maiden in the retinue of Artemis.
She was probably closely identified with Polyboia.
| PARENTS |
| TYNDAREOS & LEDA (Apollodorus 3.126) |
Pseudo-Apollodorus, Bibliotheca 3. 126 (trans. Aldrich) (Greek mythographer C2nd A.D.) :
"The daughters of Tyndareos and Leda were Timandra, whom Ekhemos married; Klytaimnestra, whom Agamemnon married; and Phylonoe, whom Artemis made immortal."
According to Athenagoras Phylonoe was worshipped as a goddess in Sparta.
Sources:
- Apollodorus, The Library - Greek Mythography C2nd A.D.
Other references not currently quoted here: Hesiod Frag 23a; Athenagoras Leg. Pro Christ. 1
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