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Ismene
Girl NameGreek Mythology Origin
Meaning
Possibly from Greek ισμη (isme) "knowledge". This was the name of the daughter of Oedipus and Jocast
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Ismene (Asopid)
In Greek mythology, Ismene (; , Ismēnē) was a daughter of the river-god Asopus by Metope.
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