Philomela (mother of Patroclus)

In Greek mythology, Philomela (Ancient Greek: Φιλομήλα) is identified by Gaius Julius Hyginus as the wife of Menoetius and mother of Patroclus.[1][2] The former was one of the Argonauts and the latter a participant of the Trojan War. However, the Bibliotheca listed three other wives of Menoetius and possible mothers of Patroclus[3] include Periopis,[4] Polymele, and Sthenele.[5][6]

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  1. Eustathius on Homer, p. 1498; Scholia on Homer, Odyssey 4.343 and 17.134; Hyginus, Fabulae 97
  2. Tzetzes, John (2015). Allegories of the Iliad. Translated by Goldwyn, Adam; Kokkini, Dimitra. Harvard University Press, Cambridge, Massachusetts, London, England: Dumbarton Oaks Medieval Library. pp. 33, Prologue 430, pp. 41, Prologue 525. ISBN 978-0-674-96785-4.
  3. Apollodorus, 3.13.8
  4. Hyginus, Fabulae 97
  5. Scholia on Apollonius Rhodius, Argonautica 1.46
  6. Scholia on Homer, Iliad 16.14

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