Philomela (mother of Patroclus)

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Philomela is identified by Gaius Julius Hyginus as the wife of Menoetius and mother of Patroclus. The former was one of the Argonauts and the latter a participant of the Trojan War. However one should note that Apollodorus of Athens listed three other wives of Menoetius and possible mothers of Patroclus:

• Periopis, daughter of Pheres, founder of Pherae.
• Polymele, daughter of Peleus, King of Phthia and an older half-sister to Achilles.
• Sthenele, daughter of Acastus and Astydameia.