Argyra (mythology)

InGreek mythology,Argyra(/ˈɑːrdʒɪrə/;Ancient Greek:Ἀργυρᾶ) was one of theNaiads,anymphwho lived in a well. There was a city in ancientAchaea,also namedArgyra,that was the site of a spring.

Mythology

According to legend, the nymph Argyra was in love with a shepherd namedSelemnuswhom she visited frequently.But when he aged and his youthful beauty vanished, she forsook him. When the boy died of grief, the goddessAphroditeout of pity changed him into a river. There was a popular belief in Achaia that a forsaken lover who bathes in this river will forget their pain.

References

• Pausanias,Description of Greecewith an English Translation by W.H.S. Jones, Litt.D., and H.A. Ormerod, M.A., in 4 Volumes. Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1918.ISBN0-674-99328-4.Online version at the Perseus Digital Library
• Pausanias,Graeciae Descriptio.3 vols.Leipzig, Teubner. 1903.Greek text available at the Perseus Digital Library.