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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. 

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