Autonoe

, a daughter of Cadmus, who married Aristæus, by whom she had Actæon, often called Autoneius heros . The death of her son [ See: Actæon ] was so painful to her, that she retired from Bœotia to Megara, where she soon after died. Pausanias , bk. 1 , ch. 44 .— Hyginus , fable 179.— Ovid , Metamorphoses , bk. 3 , li. 720 .――One of the Danaides. Apollo dor us , bk. 2 .――One of the Nereides. Hesiod , Theogony .――A female servant of Penelope. Homer , Ody ey , bk. 18 .