In Greek mythology, Aristodeme (Ancient Greek: Ἀριστοδήμη) was the name of two women:

  • Aristodeme, a Sicyonian woman, who, according to a local tradition of Sicyon, became the mother of the demigod Aratus by Asclepius, who came to her in the form of a dragon. A painting of her and the dragon existed at Sicyon in the temple of Asclepius.[1]
  • Aristodeme, a Trojan princess as one of the daughters of King Priam of Troy by an unknown woman.[2]

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  1. ^ Pausanias, Description of Greece 2.10.3, 4.14.5.
  2. ^ Apollodorus, 3.12.5

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  This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domainSchmitz, Leonhard (1870). "Aristodeme". In Smith, William (ed.). Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology. Vol. 1. p. 304.