Jump to content

Pompholyge

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

This is an old revision of this page, as edited by Bearcat (talk | contribs) at 23:10, 31 January 2021 (uncategorized). The present address (URL) is a permanent link to this revision, which may differ significantly from the current revision.

In Greek mythology, Pompholyge was the mother of Asia and Libye by Oceanus, the Titan god of the sea.[1] These daughters are often counted as Oceanids with their mother being Tethys, the Titaness of the sea, in some accounts.

Note

  1. ^ Andron of Halicarnassus fr. 7 Fowler = FGrHist 10 F 7 (Fowler 2000, p. 42; Fowler 2013, p. 13; Bouzek and Graninger, p. 12. Fowler 2013, p. 15, calls Pompholyge, a name found nowhere else, an ad hoc invention.)

References

  • Robert L. Fowler, Early Greek Mythography. Volume 2: Commentary. Oxford University Press. 2013.