Ismene
Translingual
Etymology
From Ancient Greek Ἰσμήνη (Ismḗnē, “sister of Antigone”); see 
Ismene on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Proper noun
Ismene f
- A taxonomic genus within the family Amaryllidaceae – Peruvian daffodils(Please check if this is already defined at target. Replace
{{vern}}with a regular link if already defined. Add novern=1 if not defined.), native to Peru and Ecuador but widely cultivated elsewhere for their flowers. - A taxonomic genus within the family Crambidae – a single species of moth, endemic to Egypt.
Hyponyms
- (genus of Amaryllidaceae): Lua error in Module:parameters at line 828: Parameter "ver" is not used by this template. - type species; Ismene hawkesii, Ismene longipetala, Ismene morrisonii, Ismene pedunculata, Ismene ringens, Ismene sublimis, Ismene vargasii - other species
- Ismene × deflexa, Ismene × spofforthiae (nothospecies)
- (genus of Crambidae): Ismene pelusia - sole species
References
- plant
Ismene (plant) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia 
Ismene (Amaryllidaceae) on Wikispecies.Wikispecies (includes links to invalid namings and a renamed genus)
Ismene on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
- moth
- Ismene (moth) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Ismene (Crambinae) on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
- Ismene (Crambidae) on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
English
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Etymology
From Ancient Greek Ἰσμήνη (Ismḗnē).
Proper noun
Ismene
- A female given name from Ancient Greek
- (Greek mythology) A daughter and half-sister of Oedipus, daughter and granddaughter of Jocasta, and sister of Antigone, Eteocles and Polynices.
- 2012, André Lardinois, 5: Antigone, Kirk Ormand (editor), A Companion to Sophocles, Wiley-Blackwell, page 65,
- Ismene and the Guard are the opposite of Antigone and Creon, yet for a full understanding of the human condition they are equally important.
- 2012, André Lardinois, 5: Antigone, Kirk Ormand (editor), A Companion to Sophocles, Wiley-Blackwell, page 65,
- (Greek mythology) A daughter of the river-god Asopus by the nymph Metope.
- (Greek mythology) A daughter and half-sister of Oedipus, daughter and granddaughter of Jocasta, and sister of Antigone, Eteocles and Polynices.
- (astronomy) The main belt asteroid 190 Ismene.
Usage notes
- (daughter of Oedipus):
- Appears as a character in several plays by Sophocles, as well as Aeschylus' Seven Against Thebes.
- (daughter of Asopus):
- Named in the Bibliotheca of Pseudo-Apollodorus.
Further reading
- Ismene on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Ismene (daughter of Asopus) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- 190 Ismene on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Anagrams
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