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In Greek mythology, Autonoë (/ɔːˈtɒnoʊ.i/; Ancient Greek: Αὐτονόη Autonoê means "think for oneself") may refer to the following personages:

• Autonoë, one of the 50 Nereids, sea-nymph daughters of the 'Old Man of the Sea' Nereus and the Oceanid Doris. Her name means 'giver of inspiration'.
• Autonoë, one of the Danaïdes, daughter of Danaus and Polyxo.
• Autonoë, was one of the daughters of Cadmus and Harmonia.
• Autonoë, daughter of Pireus and mother of Palaemon by Heracles. Otherwise, the mother of Palaemon was called Iphinoe, daughter of Antaeus.
• Autonoë, one of Penelope's maids.

Notes

1. Hesiod, Theogony 240 ff.; Apollodorus, 1.2.7 ff.
2. Kerényi, Carl (1951). The Gods of the Greeks. London: Thames and Hudson. p. 65.
3. Apollodorus, 2.1.5
4. Hesiod, Theogony 977; Apollodorus, 3.4.2
5. Apollodorus, 2.7.8
6. Tzetzes on Lycophron, 663
7. Homer, Odyssey 18.182

References

• Apollodorus, The Library with an English Translation by Sir James George Frazer, F.B.A., F.R.S. in 2 Volumes, Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1921. ISBN 0-674-99135-4. Online version at the Perseus Digital Library. Greek text available from the same website.
• Hesiod, Theogony from The Homeric Hymns and Homerica with an English Translation by Hugh G. Evelyn-White, Cambridge, MA.,Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1914. Online version at the Perseus Digital Library. Greek text available from the same website.
• Homer, The Odyssey with an English Translation by A.T. Murray, Ph.D. in two volumes. Cambridge, MA., Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann, Ltd. 1919. ISBN 978-0674995611. Online version at the Perseus Digital Library. Greek text available from the same website.
• Kerényi, Carl, The Gods of the Greeks, Thames and Hudson, London, 1951.

• Set index articles on Greek mythology
• Women of Heracles
• Nereids
• Danaïdes
• Princesses in Greek mythology
• Odyssey
• Mythology of Argos, Peloponnese