Galaxy/The codex of Ianassa

A Nereid daughter of Nereus and Doris named in Homer among the sea-sisters who surround Thetis in grief — not to be merged with Iphianassa or other mortal Ianassa-forms in the epic.1

I

Homer gathers the daughters of Nereus when Thetis mourns: among those he names in the bright cave are Clymene and Ianeira and Ianassa, Maera and Orithyia and fair-tressed Amatheia, beating their breasts together at the silver-footed goddess' lead.2

II

Agamemnon's daughter appears elsewhere as Iphianassa, and other Ianassa-spellings attach to mortal women — but this Ianassa is strictly the Nereid of Iliad 18. No further episode attaches to her in the seven lenses of this atlas.3

the spine ignites as you read · hover a bond on the card — every mention of them lights in the story

BEYOND THE POETS

How the centuries since have seen Ianassa — art, artifacts and echoes.

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