InGreek mythology,Astymedusa (Ancient Greek:Ἀστυμέδουσα,Astymédousa) or simplyMedusa, was aMycenaean princess as daughter of KingSthenelus andNicippe, daughter ofPelops.

She was occasionally named as a later wife ofOedipus. After parting withJocasta or after the death ofEuryganeia, who was his second wife,^[1] Oedipus married Astymedousa.^[2] Astymedusa accusedPolynices andEteocles of attempting to rape her, thus driving Oedipus into a frenzy.^[3] This is held as an alternate cause for the curse which led to the fraternal discord at the heart of the myth of the wars atThebes.^[4]

• Pausanias,Description of Greece with an English Translation by W.H.S. Jones, Litt.D., and H.A. Ormerod, M.A., in 4 Volumes. Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1918.ISBN 0-674-99328-4.Online version at the Perseus Digital Library
• Pausanias,Graeciae Descriptio.3 vols. Leipzig, Teubner. 1903.Greek text available at the Perseus Digital Library.

• Watson, P.A. (1994),Ancient Stepmothers: Myth, Misogyny and Reality, Leiden,ISBN 9004101764{{citation}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link).

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