Phoenissa (mythology)

In Greek mythology, Phoenissa was the daughter of Alphionis (the river-god Alpheus) and thus can be considered a naiad. She bore to Zeus,[1] a beautiful son, Endymion.[2] Otherwise, the latter's parents were called Aethlius[3] (Aethnos[4]) and Calyce.[1]

## Further reading

* Apollodorus, The Library with an English Translation by Sir James George Frazer, F.B.A., F.R.S. in 2 Volumes, Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1921. ISBN 0-674-99135-4. Online version at the Perseus Digital Library. Greek text available from the same website.
* Conon, Fifty Narrations, surviving as one-paragraph summaries in the Bibliotheca (Library) of Photius, Patriarch of Constantinople translated from the Greek by Brady Kiesling. Online version at the Topos Text Project.
* Pausanias, Description of Greece with an English Translation by W.H.S. Jones, Litt.D., and H.A. Ormerod, M.A., in 4 Volumes. Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1918. ISBN 0-674-99328-4. Online version at the Perseus Digital Library
* Pausanias, Graeciae Descriptio. 3 vols. Leipzig, Teubner. 1903. Greek text available at the Perseus Digital Library.
* Pseudo-Clement, Recognitions from Ante-Nicene Library Volume 8, translated by Smith, Rev. Thomas. T. & T. Clark, Edinburgh. 1867. Online version at theio.com

## References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Apollodorus, 1.7.5
2. ↑ Pseudo-Clement, Recognitions 10.21-23
3. ↑ Pausanias, Graeciae Descriptio 5.8.1
4. ↑ Conon, Narrations 14

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