Philomache


In Greek mythology, Philomache or Phylomache was a Theban princess and one of the Niobids.

Family

Phylomache was daughter of Amphion, king of Thebes and Niobe, daughter of Tantalus. She was named as the wife of Pelias, king of Iolcus and thus mother of Acastus, Pisidice, Pelopia, Hippothoe and Alcestis. But other sources say that the wife of Pelias and the mother of these children was Anaxibia, daughter of Bias.

Mythology

The only account that mentioned Phylomache was that of Apollodorus' Bibliotheca: