Theano
In Greek mythology, Theano may refer to the following personages:
- Theano was the priestess of Athena in Troy during the Trojan War. She was a daughter of King Cisseus of Thrace and wife of Antenor, one of the Trojan elders.
- Theano, one of the Danaïdes, daughter of Danaus and Polyxo. She married Phantes, son of Aegyptus and Caliadne.
- Theano, wife of Metapontus, king of Icaria. Metapontus demanded that she bear him children, or leave the kingdom. She presented the children of Melanippe to her husband, as if they were her own. Later Theano bore him two sons of her own and, wishing to leave the kingdom to her own children, sent them to kill Melanippe's. In the fight that ensued, her two sons were killed, and she committed suicide upon hearing the news.
- Theano or Theona, a character appearing in the Aeneid, the consort of Amycus.
