Hegesandra

In Greek mythology, Hegesandra (Ancient Greek: Ή γησάνδρας) or Hegesandre (Ήγησάνδρην) was a Spartan princess as the daughter of King Amyclas.^[1] Hegesandra married Argeius, son of King Pelops of Pisa. The couple had three sons: Melanion, Alector and Boethoos.^[2]

Notes

1. Scholia ad Homer, Odyssey 4.10 & 22; Pherecydes, fr. 132
2. Pherecydes, fr. 132 named all three children of the couple, Scholia ad Homer, Odyssey 4.22 mentioned both Alector and Boethoos as the sons while on 4.10 listed only Alector.

References

• Apollodorus, The Library with an English Translation by Sir James George Frazer, F.B.A., F.R.S. in 2 Volumes, Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1921. ISBN 0-674-99135-4. Online version at the Perseus Digital Library. Greek text available from the same website.
• Pausanias, Description of Greece with an English Translation by W.H.S. Jones, Litt.D., and H.A. Ormerod, M.A., in 4 Volumes. Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1918. ISBN 0-674-99328-4. Online version at the Perseus Digital Library
• Pausanias, Graeciae Descriptio. 3 vols. Leipzig, Teubner. 1903. Greek text available at the Perseus Digital Library.