Neso (Mythology)

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Short description: Character of the Greek mythology

In Greek mythology, Neso (Ancient Greek: Νησώ Nêsô means 'the island-goddess'[1] or 'nimble'[2]) may refer to the following characters:

  • Neso, one of the 50 Nereids, marine-nymph daughters of the 'Old Man of the Sea' Nereus and the Oceanid Doris.[3][2]
  • Neso, mother of the Cumaean sibyl.[4]
  • Neso, daughter of King Teucer.[5]

Notes

  1. Kerényi, Carl (1951). The Gods of the Greeks. London: Thames and Hudson. pp. 65. 
  2. 2.0 2.1 Bane, Theresa (2013). Encyclopedia of Fairies in World Folklore and Mythology. McFarland, Incorporated, Publishers. p. 247. ISBN 9780786471119. 
  3. Hesiod, Theogony 261
  4. Lycophron, Alexandra 1468
  5. Brown, John Pairman (1995). Israel and Hellas,book2. Walter de Gruyter. p. 194. ISBN 3110164345. https://books.google.com/books?id=WB-C_5qUZs4C&dq=neso+teucer&pg=PA194. 

References

  • Hesiod, Theogony from The Homeric Hymns and Homerica with an English Translation by Hugh G. Evelyn-White, Cambridge, MA.,Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1914. Online version at the Perseus Digital Library. Greek text available from the same website.
  • Kerényi, Carl, The Gods of the Greeks, Thames and Hudson, London, 1951.
  • Lycophron, The Alexandra translated by Alexander William Mair. Loeb Classical Library Volume 129. London: William Heinemann, 1921. Online version at the Topos Text Project.
  • Lycophron, Alexandra translated by A.W. Mair. London: William Heinemann; New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons. 1921. Greek text available at the Perseus Digital Library.



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