Hiera

The wife of Telephus, who in the Trojan war commanded the Mysian women on horseback. Late traditions described her as excelling in beauty Helen herself. She fell by the hand of Nireus.

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References

Sources

  • Philostratus. Heroicus ii, 18.
  • Smith, William. (1870). Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology. London: Taylor, Walton, and Maberly.

This article incorporates text from Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology (1870) by William Smith, which is in the public domain.