Unchanged by any teller — how the centuries since have seen Nicippe.
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Bibliotheca
Apollodorus
Apollodorus makes Nicippe daughter of Pelops and wife of Sthenelus — mother of Eurystheus, the premature king Hera raises against Heracles.
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Nicippe
Queen of Mycenae by Sthenelus — also called Antibia or Archippe — mother of the Eurystheus who assigns the Twelve Labours.
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Eurystheus
Nicippe's son — born early by Hera's trick so he, not Heracles, holds the Argolid throne and the right to command the labours.
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Sthenelus
Nicippe's husband, son of Perseus — the king whose Pelopid marriage ties Mycenae to Pelops' house through Eurystheus' mother.