Galaxy/The codex of Tisiphone

Tisiphone (Ancient Greek Τισιφόνη, "avenger of bloodshed") was the daughter of the Epigonos Alcmaeon and the prophetess Manto, daughter of Tiresias. In the Euripidean variant preserved by Apollodorus she is fostered at Corinth, sold as a slave by the jealous queen, and unknowingly bought back by her own father before the recognition that recovers her brother Amphilochus.

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I.Apollodorus and Euripides

During Alcmaeon's madness after killing Eriphyle, he begets Tisiphone and Amphilochus on Manto, probably at Delphi. He leaves the infants with King Creon of Corinth. When Tisiphone grows beautiful, Creon's wife, fearing displacement, sells her as a slave; the buyer is Alcmaeon himself, who does not recognise his daughter.

The tale is attributed to Euripides' lost Alcmaeon in Corinth (produced posthumously c. 405 BC). Fragments suggest recognition at Corinth, Creon's exile, and Amphilochus learning his true father.

II.Homonyms

This node (tisiphone-alcmaeon) is Alcmaeon's mortal daughter only. She is not the Erinys Tisiphone (tisiphone-erinyes).

AT A GLANCE

Greek nameTisiphōnē (Τισιφόνη)
Typemortal
Domainsdaughter of Alcmaeon · sold at Corinth · the Euripidean variant
ParentageAlcmaeon · Mantotellings differ →
Cult centersCorinth · Delphi (birth tradition)
EtymologyTisiphónē means "avenger of bloodshed" — the same name borne by one of the Erinyes, from which this mortal daughter must be kept distinct.
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