Lycorias
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InGreek mythology,Lycorias(Ancient Greek:Λυκωριάς) was the "yellow haired"Nereid,[1]one of the fifty marine-nymphdaughters of 'Old Man of the Sea'Nereusand theOceanidDoris.[2][3][4]
Mythology
[edit]Lycorias was mentioned byVirgilas one of the nymphs in the train ofCyrene[5]
"But from her chamber in the river depth the mother heard his cry. Around her the Nymphs carded Milesian fleeces stained with rich sea-dyes, Drymo and Xantho, Ligea and Phyllodoce, their bright tresses falling loose over their snowy necks; and Cydippe and golden-haired Lycorias, the one a maiden, the other even then knowing the first throes of travail; and Clio and Beroë her sister, both daughters of Ocean, both"
Notes
[edit]- ^Virgil,Georgics4.339
- ^Hyginus,FabulaePreface
- ^This was definitely a misinterpretation of Hyginus in Virgil'sGeorgics4.339which suggests that Lycorias was anaiad,more likely anOceanid,rather than a Nereid.
- ^Bane, Theresa (2013).Encyclopedia of Fairies in World Folklore and Mythology.McFarland, Incorporated, Publishers. p. 222.ISBN9780786471119.
- ^Virgil,Georgics4.333 ff.
References
[edit]- Gaius Julius Hyginus,Fabulae from The Myths of Hyginustranslated and edited by Mary Grant. University of Kansas Publications in Humanistic Studies.Online version at the Topos Text Project.
- Publius Vergilius Maro,Bucolics,Aeneid, and Georgics of Vergil.J. B. Greenough. Boston. Ginn & Co. 1900.Online version at the Perseus Digital Library.
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