title: Memphis (wife of Epaphus)
text: # Memphis (wife of Epaphus)
  
  In Greek mythology, Memphis (Ancient Greek: Μέμφις), daughter of river-god Nilus, accordingly a Naiad Nymph. She was the wife to Epaphus and mother of Libya and Anippe or Lysianassa. She and her husband were the legendary founders of Memphis, which bears her name. Some writers called Epaphus' wife Cassiopeia.
  
  ## Argive genealogy
  
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  | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Inachus | Inachus | Inachus | Inachus | Inachus | Inachus | | | Melia | Melia | Melia | Melia | Melia | Melia | | | | |
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  | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Zeus | Zeus | Zeus | Zeus | Zeus | Zeus | | | Io | Io | Io | Io | Io | Io | | | Phoroneus | Phoroneus | Phoroneus | Phoroneus | Phoroneus | Phoroneus | | | | |
  | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Epaphus | Epaphus | Epaphus | Epaphus | Epaphus | Epaphus | | | Memphis | Memphis | Memphis | Memphis | Memphis | Memphis | | | | |
  | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Libya | Libya | Libya | Libya | Libya | Libya | | | Poseidon | Poseidon | Poseidon | Poseidon | Poseidon | Poseidon | | | | | | |
  | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Belus | Belus | Belus | Belus | Belus | Belus | | | Achiroë | Achiroë | Achiroë | Achiroë | Achiroë | Achiroë | | | | | | | | | | | | | Agenor | Agenor | Agenor | Agenor | Agenor | Agenor | Telephassa | Telephassa | Telephassa | Telephassa | Telephassa | Telephassa | | | | |
  | | | | | | | | | Danaus | Danaus | Danaus | Danaus | Danaus | Danaus | | | Elephantis | Elephantis | Elephantis | Elephantis | Elephantis | Elephantis | | | Aegyptus | Aegyptus | Aegyptus | Aegyptus | Aegyptus | Aegyptus | | | Cadmus | Cadmus | Cadmus | Cadmus | Cadmus | Cadmus | | | Cilix | Cilix | Cilix | Cilix | Cilix | Cilix | Europa | Europa | Europa | Europa | Europa | Europa | | | Phoenix | Phoenix | Phoenix | Phoenix | Phoenix | Phoenix | | |
  | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Mantineus | Mantineus | Mantineus | Mantineus | Mantineus | Mantineus | | | Hypermnestra | Hypermnestra | Hypermnestra | Hypermnestra | Hypermnestra | Hypermnestra | | | | | | | Lynceus | Lynceus | Lynceus | Lynceus | Lynceus | Lynceus | | | | | | | | | Harmonia | Harmonia | Harmonia | Harmonia | Harmonia | Harmonia | Zeus | Zeus | Zeus | Zeus | Zeus | Zeus |
  | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Polydorus | Polydorus | Polydorus | Polydorus | Polydorus | Polydorus | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
  | Sparta | Sparta | Sparta | Sparta | Sparta | Sparta | Lacedaemon | Lacedaemon | Lacedaemon | Lacedaemon | Lacedaemon | Lacedaemon | | | Ocalea | Ocalea | Ocalea | Ocalea | Ocalea | Ocalea | | | Abas | Abas | Abas | Abas | Abas | Abas | | | | | | | | | | | | | Agave | Agave | Agave | Agave | Agave | Agave | Sarpedon | Sarpedon | Sarpedon | Sarpedon | Sarpedon | Sarpedon | | | Rhadamanthus | Rhadamanthus | Rhadamanthus | Rhadamanthus | Rhadamanthus | Rhadamanthus | | | | | | |
  | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Autonoë | Autonoë | Autonoë | Autonoë | Autonoë | Autonoë | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
  | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Eurydice | Eurydice | Eurydice | Eurydice | Eurydice | Eurydice | | | Acrisius | Acrisius | Acrisius | Acrisius | Acrisius | Acrisius | | | | | | | | | | | | | Ino | Ino | Ino | Ino | Ino | Ino | | | | | Minos | Minos | Minos | Minos | Minos | Minos | | |
  | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Zeus | Zeus | Zeus | Zeus | Zeus | Zeus | | | Danaë | Danaë | Danaë | Danaë | Danaë | Danaë | | | | | | | | | | | | | Semele | Semele | Semele | Semele | Semele | Semele | Zeus | Zeus | Zeus | Zeus | Zeus | Zeus | | |
  | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Perseus | Perseus | Perseus | Perseus | Perseus | Perseus | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Dionysus | Dionysus | Dionysus | Dionysus | Dionysus | Dionysus |
  
  * Colour key:
  * Male
  * Female
  * Deity
  