Chaldene (mythology)

In Greek mythology, Chaldene () was the daughter of Pisidus, the eponymous founder of Pisidia. Other variations of her name were Caldene (Καλδήνη) or Calchedonia.

Family

Caldene bore to Zeus the ancestral hero of the Solymi, Solymus, and possibly of his sister, Milye, the local eponymous heroine of the Milyae.

Legacy

Chaldene, the moon of Jupiter was named after her.

Notes

References

• Stephanus of Byzantium, Stephani Byzantii Ethnicorum quae supersunt, edited by August Meineike (1790–1870), published 1849. A few entries from this important ancient handbook of place names have been translated by Brady Kiesling. Online version at the Topos Text Project.