Telephassa (/ˌtɛlᵻˈfæsə/; Ancient Greek: Τηλέφασσα, "far-shining"), also spelled Telephaassa (/ˌtɛlᵻfiˈæsə/; Τηλεφάασσα) and Telephe (/ˈtɛlᵻfi/; Τηλέφη), is a lunar epithet in Greek mythology that is sometimes substituted for Argiope the wife of Agenor, according to his name a "leader of men" in Phoenicia, and mother of Cadmus. In some versions she is the daughter of Nilus, god of the Nile and Nephele, a soft cloud oceanid. She had several children, including Europa, Cilix, Cadmus, Thasus, who gave his name to an island next to Samothrace, and Phoenix. Thasus is sometimes said to be her grandchild by Cilix. Her husband was Agenor or perhaps Phoenix in a version in which Cadmus and Europa and their brothers are children of Phoenix (see Agenor and Phoenix).