Lysianassa (/ˌlɪʒiəˈnæsə/; Ancient Greek: Λυσιάνασσα means 'the redeeming mistress'[1] or 'lady deliverance'[2]) is the name of four characters in Greek mythology:

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  1. ^ Kerényi, Carl (1951). The Gods of the Greeks. London: Thames and Hudson. p. 65.
  2. ^ a b Bane, Theresa (2013). Encyclopedia of Fairies in World Folklore and Mythology. McFarland, Incorporated, Publishers. p. 222. ISBN 9780786471119.
  3. ^ Hesiod, Theogony 258; Apollodorus, 1.2.7
  4. ^ Apollodorus, 2.5.11 (Gantz, p. 418)
  5. ^ Apollodorus, 2.1.4; Tzetzes ad Lycophron, 894
  6. ^ Hyginus, Fabulae 149
  7. ^ Apollodorus, 2.5.11; compare with Plutarch, Parallela minora 38 with Agatho the Samian as the authority claiming: "Busiris's mother was Anippe, daughter of the river-god Nilus"
  8. ^ Hyginus, Fabulae 160
  9. ^ Herodotus, 5.67 (MIT - Classics); Pausanias, 2.6.6
  10. ^ Hyginus, Fabulae 90

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