Anaxibia

For the spider genus, see Anaxibia (spider).

Anaxibia (/ænəkˈsɪbiə/; Ancient Greek: Ἀναξίβια) is the name of six characters in Greek mythology.

• Anaxibia, one of the Danaïdes, married to Archelaus, son of Aegyptus.^[1]
• Anaxibia, a naiad of the Ganges river. She fled from the advances of Helios, but she disappeared in Artemis's sanctuary on Mount Koryphe.^[2]
• Anaxibia, mother of Maeander by Cercaphus.^[3]
• Anaxibia, daughter of Bias and Iphianassa, and niece of Melampus. She married Pelias, King of Iolcus, to whom she bore Acastus, Pisidice, Pelopia, Hippothoe, Alcestis, and Medusa.^[4] She was sometimes called Alphesiboea^[5] or Phylomache, daughter of Amphion.^[6]
• Anaxibia, daughter of Cratieus. She married Nestor and is the mother of Pisidice, Polycaste, Perseus (son of Nestor), Stratichus, Aretus, Echephron, Peisistratus, Antilochus, and Thrasymedes.^[7] More commonly, Eurydice of Pylos is considered to be Nestor's wife and the mother of these children.^[8]
• Anaxibia, daughter of Atreus and Aerope or, alternatively, of Pleisthenes and Aerope^[9] or Pleisthenes and Cleolla (daughter of Dias), and sister of Agamemnon and Menelaus.^[10] She married Strophius, king of Phocis, becoming mother of Pylades.^[11] Anaxibia was also known as Astyoche^[12] or Cydragora.^[13]