Xenopatra

In Greek mythology, Xenopatra (Ancient Greek: Ξενοπάτρα, romanized: Xenopátra, lit. 'she who has a foreign father'), also called Chthonopatra (Ancient Greek: Χθονοπάτρα, romanized: Khthonopátra, lit. 'she who has a subterranean father') was a Phthian princess who later on became the queen of Locris.

Biography

Xenopatra was the daughter of King Hellen of Thessaly, the eponym of the Hellenes.^[1] Her mother was the oread Orseis (Othreis), and sister to Aeolus, Dorus, Xuthus and probably Neonus.^[2]

Chthonopatra married her uncle King Amphictyon of Locris and by him mothered Physcus, his successor.^[3] Other possible children of the couple were King Itonus of Iton^[4] and an unnamed daughter who bore Cercyon by Poseidon, and Triptolemus by Rarus.^[5]