Issa

A girl from Lesbos, the daughter of Macareus, who was loved by Apollo disguised as a shepherd. The town of Issa is said to have received its name from her.

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References

Sources

  • Ovid. Metamorphoses vi, 124.
  • Smith, William. (1870). Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology. London: Taylor, Walton, and Maberly.
  • Stephanus of Byzantium, s.v.
  • Strabo. Geography i, p. 60.
  • Tzetzes on Lycophron, 220.

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