Nymphe (mythology)
In Greek mythology, Nymphe (Ancient Greek: Νύμφη, romanized: Nymphê, lit. 'bath') refers to either:
- Nymphe, one of the twelve lesser known Horae (Hours).[1]
- Nymphe, the nymph mother, by Zeus, of Saon (Samon), the first king of Samothrace.[2] Otherwise, the parentage of this eponymous ruler of the island was attributed to Hermes and the nymph Rhene.[3]
References
[edit]- ^ Hyginus, Fabulae 183
- ^ Diodorus Siculus, 5.48.1
- ^ Dionysius of Halicarnassus, 1.61.3; Diodorus Siculus, 5.48.1
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