Evadne

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In Greek mythology, there were two people named Evadne.

• A daughter of Poseidon and mother of Iamus by Apollo. She was ashamed of her pregnancy and exposed the child to the elements. He survived and founded the Iamidae, a family of priests from Olympia.
• A daughter of Iphis and wife of Capaneus, with whom she gave birth to Sthenelus. Her husband was killed by a lightning bolt at the siege of Thebes and she threw herself on his funeral pyre and died. (Virgil VI, 447.)

In popular culture

• In the 1970s Wonder Woman television series Wonder Woman was shown to have had a cousin named Evadne played by actress Dorrie Thomson who competed in the Contest for the title to become Wonder Woman.

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