Anticlea
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thumb|A painting of Anticlea in the underworld by Henry Fuseli. In Greek mythology, Anticlea or Anticlia (; ) was a queen of Ithaca as the wife of King Laërtes.
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- Family
- Mythology
- Early years
- ''Odyssey''
- Notes
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thumb|A painting of Anticlea in the underworld by Henry Fuseli. In Greek mythology, Anticlea or Anticlia (; ) was a queen of Ithaca as the wife of King Laërtes.
== Family == Anticlea was the daughter of Autolycus and Amphithea. The divine trickster and messenger of the gods, Hermes, was her paternal grandfather. Anticlea was the mother of Odysseus by Laërtes (though some say by Sisyphus). Ctimene was also her daughter by her husband Laertes.
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