Neso (mythology)
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Short description: Character of the Greek mythology
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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
- ↑ Kerényi, Carl (1951). The Gods of the Greeks. London: Thames and Hudson. pp. 65.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Bane, Theresa (2013). Encyclopedia of Fairies in World Folklore and Mythology. McFarland, Incorporated, Publishers. p. 247. ISBN 9780786471119.
- ↑ Hesiod, Theogony 261
- ↑ Lycophron, Alexandra 1468
- ↑ 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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