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Astynome (Ancient Greek: Ἀστυνόμη, romanized: Astynóme) is a name which may refer to one of the following characters in Greek mythology:

• Astynome, one of the Niobids.
• Astynome, daughter of Talaus and mother of Capaneus by Hipponous.
• Astynome, commonly referred to by the patronymic Chryseis.
• Astynome, mother by Ares of Calydon who saw Artemis naked and was transformed into a rock by the goddess.

Notes

1. Hyginus, Fabulae 11 & 69
2. Hyginus, Fabulae 70
3. Scholia on the Iliad; Hesychius, Lexicon; Malalas, Chronographia 100; Eustathius of Thessalonica, Commentary on the Iliad 1.123.9 van der Valk.
4. Tzetzes, Antehomerica 349
5. Pseudo-Plutarch, De fluviis 22.

References

• Gaius Julius Hyginus, Fabulae from The Myths of Hyginus translated and edited by Mary Grant. University of Kansas Publications in Humanistic Studies. Online version at the Topos Text Project.
• Homer, The Iliad with an English Translation by A.T. Murray, Ph.D. in two volumes. Cambridge, MA., Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann, Ltd. 1924. ISBN 978-0674995796. Online version at the Perseus Digital Library.
• Homer, Homeri Opera in five volumes. Oxford, Oxford University Press. 1920. ISBN 978-0198145318. Greek text available at the Perseus Digital Library.
• Lucius Mestrius Plutarchus, Morals translated from the Greek by several hands. Corrected and revised by. William W. Goodwin, PH. D. Boston. Little, Brown, and Company. Cambridge. Press Of John Wilson and son. 1874. 5. Online version at the Perseus Digital Library.

• Set index articles on Greek mythology
• Princesses in Greek mythology
• Women of Ares
• Mortal parents of demigods in classical mythology
• Mythological Argives