Anticlea
Died c. 1190 BCE
Mother of Odysseus, who died of grief for him and meets him among the dead in the Odyssey.
Anticlea is a mother of Odysseus from legend and epic tradition.
This is a figure of legend or epic. The dates are estimates from the setting of the story, not historical facts.
- Known as
- Mother of Odysseus
- Category
- Legends & Epics
- Died
- c. 1190 BCE
From the same age of legend
- Aeneas Born c. 1220 BCE, Trojan hero
- Diomedes Born c. 1220 BCE, Greek hero
- Helen of Troy Born c. 1220 BCE, epic heroine
- Machaon Born c. 1220 BCE, army healer
- Penelope Born c. 1220 BCE, epic heroine
- Phemius Born c. 1220 BCE, bard of Ithaca
Portrait: Johann Heinrich Füssli, Public domain.
