Issa (mythology)
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In Greek mythology, Issa (/ˈiːsɑː/; Ancient Greek: Ἴσσα) or Isse may refer to three people:
- Isse, daughter of Macareus and Canace, children of Aeolus, and a lover of Apollo.[1] She was usually called Amphissa.[2]
- Issa, the eponymous nymph of Issa (Lesbos). She became the mother of the prophet Prylis by Hermes.[3] This son predicted to the Greeks that they would take Troy by means of the Wooden Horse.[4] She may be the daughter of King Macar[5] and thus, possibly the sister of Mytilene,[6] Agamede,[7] Antissa,[8] Arisbe,[9] Methymna,[10] Cydrolaus, Neandrus, Leucippus[11] and Eresus.[12]
- Achilles, who in some versions of Achilles on Skyros went by the alias Issa when disguised as a girl. In other versions, he was called Pyrrha or Kerkysera.
