Iphianassa

[ if-ee-uh-nas-uh ]

noun

1. (in the Iliad ) a daughter of Agamemnon, offered to Achilles as a wife if he would return to battle against the Trojans.
2. a daughter of Proetus and Antia who, with her sisters Iphinoë and Lysippe, was inflicted with madness for her irreverence toward the gods.

Example Sentences

But he has three daughters in his well-built palace,--Chrysothemis, Laodice, and Iphianassa.

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Now, I have three daughters in my well-built palace,--Chrysothemis, Laodice, and Iphianassa.

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There the faire Nymph shewed me the auncient Iphianassa, and after the old father Himerinus his daughters and their drinke, and one betwixt the two Theban brothers: These with pleasant noises, sweete musicke and fine agilities, paste on about the first triumph.

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Chrysothemis shall be thy bride; or else Laodice; or if she please thee more355 Iphianassa; and from thee he asks No dower; himself will such a dower bestow As never father on his child before.

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What life hath she, Chrysothemis, and Iphianassa bright, And he whose light Is hidden afar from taste of horrid doom, Youthful Orestes, who shall come To fair Mycenae’s glorious town, Welcomed as worthy of his sire’s renown, Sped by great Zeus with kindly thought, And to this land with happiest omen brought?

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