Astyoche

Family: Theban · Role: daughter of Niobe · First appears: Apollodorus, Library 2.7

Astyoche, a Theban and daughter of Niobe, is listed among Niobe’s daughters. In Library 2.7, she is connected with Phylas and Heracles; Tlepolemus is identified as her son by Heracles, and another account calls him “son of Hercules and Astyoche.”

In Library 3.12, Astyoche is described as the daughter of Simoeis and wife of Erichthonius, with whom she became the mother of Tros. The same section names an Astyoche among Laomedon’s daughters; in the Epitome, she is listed as a sister of Priam, Aethylla, and Medesicaste.

Relationship record

Apollodorus, Library 2.7

parent: Phylas (parent->child) “of which Phylas was king, he had intercourse with the king's daughter Astyoche”
parent: Heracles (parent->child) “he had intercourse with the king's daughter Astyoche, and became the father of Tlepolemus.”
with Heracles (interaction) “he had intercourse with the king's daughter Astyoche”
child: Tlepolemus “by Astyoche, daughter of Phylas, he had Tlepolemus”

Apollodorus, Library 3.5

parent: Niobe “who bore seven sons, Sipylus, Eupinytus, Ismenus, Damasichthon, Agenor, Phaedimus, Tantalus, and the same number of daughters, Ethodaia ( or, as some say, Neaera), Cleodoxa, Astyoche, Phthia, Pelopia, Astycratia, and Ogygia,”

Apollodorus, Library 3.12

married with Erichthonius “Erichthonius succeeded to the kingdom and marrying Astyoche, daughter of Simoeis, begat Tros.”
child: Tros “Erichthonius succeeded to the kingdom and marrying Astyoche, daughter of Simoeis, begat Tros.”
parent: Laomedon “and he begat five sons, Tithonus, Lampus, Clytius, Hicetaon, Podarces, and three daughters, Hesione, Cilla, and Astyoche”
parent: Simoeis “marrying Astyoche, daughter of Simoeis, begat Tros.”

Apollodorus, Epitome 3

parent: Tlepolemus “Tlepolemus, son of Hercules and Astyoche”

Apollodorus, Epitome 6

siblings with Priam “the daughters of Laomedon, the sisters of Priam, to wit, Aethylla, Astyoche, and Medesicaste”
siblings with Aethylla “the daughters of Laomedon, the sisters of Priam, to wit, Aethylla, Astyoche, and Medesicaste”
siblings with Medesicaste “the daughters of Laomedon, the sisters of Priam, to wit, Aethylla, Astyoche, and Medesicaste”

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