Mestra

(Μήστρα), a daughter of Erysichthon, and granddaughter of Triopas (whence she is called Triopcis, Ov. Met. 8.872). She was sold by her hungry father, that he might obtain the means of satisfying his hunger. In order to escape from slavery, she prayed to Poseidon, who loved her, and conferred on her the power of metamorphosing herself whenever she was sold, and of thus each time returning to her father. (Tzetz. ad Lyc. 1393; Ov. Met. 8.847, &c.; Ant. Lib. 17, who calls her Hypermestra.) [L.S]

(Μήστρα). Daughter of Erysichthon (q.v.). She supported her famished father by employing the power to change herself into any form she pleased, the gift of her lover Poseidon. She let herself be sold in various forms, and then always returned to her father (Ovid, Met. viii. 738- 878).