Galaxy/The codex of Anaxibia

In Greek mythology, Anaxibia (Ancient Greek Ἀναξιβία) is daughter of Bias and Iphianassa (niece of Melampus) and wife of Pelias at Iolcus. By him she bears Acastus and the daughters including Pisidice, Pelopia, Hippothoe, and Alcestis; some lists call her Alphesiboea or Phylomache instead.

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I.Wife of Pelias

Apollodorus (Bibliotheca 1.9.10) and Hyginus make Anaxibia daughter of Bias and wife of Pelias; their children include Acastus and Alcestis (later wife of Admetus), together with Pisidice, Pelopia, and Hippothoe. Theocritus and other strands preserve alternate queen-names for the same Iolcian marriage.

Through Acastus she stands behind the Peleus–Astydamia tragedy; through Alcestis she anchors the Pheraean house.

II.Homonym care

The atlas id anaxibia-pelias is Pelias' Biasid queen alone. Distinct from anaxibia-atreid (mother of Pylades), anaxibia-nestor, and the Danaid Anaxibia.

AT A GLANCE

Greek nameAnaxibia (Ἀναξιβία)
Typemortal
Domainsqueen of Iolcus · wife of Pelias · mother of the Peliades
ParentageBias
SymbolsQueen of Iolcus · Mother of Acastus and Alcestis · Biasid marriage
Cult centersIolcus
EtymologyGreek Ἀναξιβία; as Pelias' queen she is sometimes renamed Alphesiboea or Phylomache daughter of Amphion.
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