Hyria (mythology)
InGreek mythology,Hyria(Ancient Greek:Ὑρίη) orHyrie,also calledThyriaorThyrie(Ancient Greek:Θυρίη,romanized:Thurie)[a]was theAetoliandaughter ofAmphinomus[1]and mother, byApollo,ofCycnus.
Mythology[edit]
Hyrie grieved much for her son's death, not knowing he had been transformed into a swan; so she melted away in tears or, as others say, threw herself into a lake (Hyria) and was herself turned into a swan.[2]
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Footnote[edit]
- ^Antoninus Liberalis spells her name as Thyrie, Ovid as Hyrie.
Notes[edit]
- ^Antoninus Liberalis,12
- ^Antoninus Liberalis,12;Ovid,Metamorphoses7.371 ff.
References[edit]
- Antoninus Liberalis,The Metamorphoses of Antoninus Liberalistranslated by Francis Celoria (Routledge 1992).Online version at the Topos Text Project.
- Publius Ovidius Naso,Metamorphosestranslated by Brookes More (1859-1942). Boston, Cornhill Publishing Co. 1922.Online version at the Perseus Digital Library.
- Publius Ovidius Naso,Metamorphoses.Hugo Magnus. Gotha (Germany). Friedr. Andr. Perthes. 1892.Latin text available at the Perseus Digital Library.
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