< Menippe, daughter of Thamyris >

1 Origin

Menippe was born in 1247 BC in the northern part of the Chalcidice Peninsula in Thracia.

Menippe's father was Thamyris, son of Philammon. [Tze.1.300]

2 Family

Menippe married Oeagrus, son of Pierus. [Tze.1.300]

Oeagrus and Menippe had a son, Orpheus. [Suda.Omi.251]

3 Others

In 1230 BC, Menippe married Oeagrus, who lived in Pimpleia near Mount Olympus in Macedonia, from the northern part of the Chalcidice Peninsula. [Nonnus.13.428, Tze.1.300]

Oeagrus and Menippe were of the same race, sharing a common ancestor, Magnes, son of Aeolus. [See Oeagrus]