Anticlei'a
(
*)Anti/kleia), a daughter of Autolycus, wife of Laertes, and mother of Odysseus. (
Hom. Od. 11.85.)
According to Homer she died of grief at the long absence of her son, who met her and spoke with her in Hades. (
Od. 15.356, &c., 11.202, &c.)
According to other traditions, she put an end to her own life after she had heard a report of the death of her son. (
Hyg. Fab. 243.) Hyginus (
Hyg. Fab. 201) also states, that previous to her marrying Laertes, she lived on intimate terms with Sisyphus; whence Euripides (
lphig. Aul. 524) calls Odysseus a son of Sisyphus. (Comp. Sophocl.
Phil. 417;
Ov. Met. 13.32;
Serv. ad Aen. 6.529.)
It is uncertain whether this Anticleia is the same as the one whose son Periphetes was killed by Theseus. Of this Periphetes she was the mother by Hephaestus or by Poseidon. (
Apollod. 3.16.1;
Paus. 2.1.4;
Hyg. Fab. 38.) Another mythical personage of this name, who married Machaon, the son of Asclepius, is mentioned by
Paus. 4.30.2.
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