Antigone (daughter of Laomedon)

For other uses, see Antigone (mythology).

Antigone of Troy (/ænˈtɪɡəni/ ann-TIG-ə-nee; Greek: Ἀντιγόνη) is a minor figure in Greek mythology. She is the daughter of the Trojan king Laomedon and the sister of Priam. The meaning of the name is, as in the case of the masculine equivalent Antigonus, "worthy of one's parents" or "in place of one's parents".

In the account given by the First Vatican Mythographer, Antigone claimed that she was more beautiful than the goddess Hera. Hera, who was angered by that claim, turned Antigone's hair into snakes. Later, the gods, taking pity upon her, turned her into a stork. Thereafter, the stork preyed on snakes.

See also

• Medusa

References

• Pepin, Ronald, The Vatican Mythographers, New York, Fordham University Press, 2008. ISBN 9780823228928.
• Publius Ovidius Naso, Metamorphoses translated by Brookes More (1859–1942). Boston, Cornhill Publishing Co. 1922. Online version at the Perseus Digital Library.
• Publius Ovidius Naso, Metamorphoses. Hugo Magnus. Gotha (Germany). Friedr. Andr. Perthes. 1892. Latin text available at the Perseus Digital Library.
• Realencyclopädie der classischen Altertumswissenschaft, Band I, Halbband 2, edited by Georg Wissowa, Stuttgart, J. B. Metzler, 1894. Online version at Wikisource.

Further reading

• Michael Grant, John Hazel: Who's Who in Classical Mythology. Routledge 2001, ISBN 0-415-26041-8, p. 56 (restricted online version (google books))