Iphianassa
[if-ee-uh-nas-uh] /ˌɪf i əˈnæs ə/
noun
1.
(in the Iliad) a daughter of Agamemnon, offered to Achilles as a wife if he would return to battle against the Trojans.
2.
a daughter of Proetus and Antia who, with her sisters Iphinoë and Lysippe, was inflicted with madness for her irreverence toward the gods.
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