- Theano
Theano was the priestess of
Athena inTroy . She was the daughter ofCisseus , wife of Antenor, and mother ofLaodamas . The household of Antenor and Theano advocated peace and advisedHelen 's return to the Greeks. Because of their support (some say treason), the Greeks spared their household when they sacked the city. One story has Theano and Antenor sailing withAeneas to Italy and founding the city ofPadua . Another story is that she took the Palladium, an image of Athena that had fallen from the sky and supposedly provided Troy its protection, with her. In Book VI of theIliad , withHecuba and the Trojan women, Theano offered a gift and plea to Athena for the life of the city, but was rebuffed.Other uses
Theano is also the name of three more (minor) figures in Greek and
Roman mythology .*Theano, one of the
Danaids , daughter ofDanaus andPolyxo . She married (and murdered)Phantes , son ofAegyptus andCaliadne .*Theano or
Theona a character appearing in theAeneid . She gave birth to her son,Mimas , on the same night queenHecabe 's son Paris was born. Mimas was killed in exile, fighting alongsideAeneas inItaly , byMezentius , king of theEtruscans *Theano, wife of
Metapontus , king ofIcaria . Metapontus demanded that she bear him children, or leave the kingdom. She presented the children of Arne to her husband, as if they were her own. Later Theano bore him two sons of her own and, wishing to leave the kingdom to her own children, sent them to kill Arne's. In the fight that ensued, her two sons were killed, and she committed suicide upon hearing the news.
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