Themisto (mythology)

Greek mythology

In Greek mythology, Themisto (/θəˈmɪstoʊ/; Ancient Greek:[1]) may refer to the following women:

* Themisto, one of the 50 Nereids, marine-nymph daughter of the sea divinities Nereus and the Oceanid Doris.[2][3]
* Themisto, daughter of the river god Inachus, who became the mother of Arcas by Zeus.[4]
* Themisto, daughter of the Hyperborean king Zabius, mother of Galeos by Apollo.[5]
* Themisto, the third and last wife of Athamas.[6]

## Notes

1. ↑ "User-submitted name Themisto - Behind the Name". https://www.behindthename.com/name/themisto/submitted.
2. ↑ Hesiod, Theogony 240ff
3. ↑ Kerényi, Carl (1951). The Gods of the Greeks. London: Thames and Hudson. pp. 65.
4. ↑ Pseudo-Clement, Recognitions 10.21
5. ↑ Stephanus of Byzantium, s.v. Galeōtai
6. ↑ Apollodorus, 1.9.2

## References

* 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.
* 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.
* Pseudo-Clement, Recognitions from Ante-Nicene Library Volume 8, translated by Smith, Rev. Thomas. T. & T. Clark, Edinburgh. 1867. Online version at theio.com
* Stephanus of Byzantium, Stephani Byzantii Ethnicorum quae supersunt, edited by August Meineike (1790-1870), published 1849. A few entries from this important ancient handbook of place names have been translated by Brady Kiesling. Online version at the Topos Text Project.

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