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Greek Mythology, Megara's mother?

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In Greek mythology who was Megara's ,other? In wikipedia it says Eurydice in others it says Eniocha (?) Megara was the Princess of Thebes and daughter to Creon, King of Thebes. Her brother was Hemon and she was Hercule's (Heracles) wife.

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  1. Go with the most ancient references. Here is why.

    In the ancient Greek Games (Olympian, Pythian, Nemean, and Isthmean) poetry was a much a competition as were gymnastics. Poets throughout the BCE period, and later, sought to make a name for themselves by outdoing former poets. As a result of this competitive environment, later Greek mythology became more and more conflated, confused, and possibly corrupted over the centuries.


  2. Megaera, the grudging or unwilling, is one of the three Erinyes or Furies. They were created by drops of Uranus' blood. The Erinyes are the three goddesses of revenge, they punished those who escaped or defied public justice. The other two sisters are Alecto, the unceasing, and Tisiphone, the avenging. The three are women with fiery eyes, dogs' heads, and their head are wreathed with serpents. Their whole appearance is terrific and appalling. The sisters are sometimes called the daughters of night and are brought about by murder, perjury, ingratitude, disrespect, harshness, and the laws of hospitality. Megaera, Alecto, and Tisiphone are impartial and impersonal and they pursue wrongdoers until they sinners are driven mad and die.

    Due to his insanity, Hercules killed his wife, Megara, and their three children. Hercules exiled himself because of the shame that he had brought on himself through his lack of sanity.

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