Protogeneia

Protogeneia (Ancient Greek: Πρωτογένεια "the firstborn"), in Greek mythology, may refer to:

• Protogeneia, a daughter of Deucalion and Pyrrha, progenitors in Greek mythology.^[1] She was married to Locrus, but had no children; Zeus, however, who carried her off, became by her, on mount Maenalus in Arcadia, the father of Opus, Aethlius and Aetolus.^[2] According to others she was not the mother, but a daughter of Opus.^[3] Endymion also is called a son of Protogeneia.^[4]
• Protogeneia, a daughter of Calydon and Aeolia. With Ares, she was mother to Oxylus of Aetolia.^[5]
• Protogeneia, one of the daughters of Erechtheus and Praxithea. She and her sister Pandora committed suicide when Erechtheus sacrificed Chthonia, another sister of theirs.^[6]

References

1. Pseudo-Apollodorus, Bibliotheca 1. 7. § 2.
2. Scholia on Pindar, Olympian Ode 9. 85; Scholia on Apollonius Rhodius 4. 1780
3. Scholia on Pindar, Olympian Ode 9. 85
4. Conon, Narrations 14
5. Pseudo-Apollodorus, Bibliotheca 1. 7. §7.
6. Suda s. v. παρθένοι

Sources

• The Ancient Library - Protogeneia
• Greek Myth Index - Protogeneia

 This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Smith, William, ed. (1870). "^{article name needed}". Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology.