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Hagno (mythology)

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In Greek mythology, Hagno (Ancient Greek: Ἁγνὼ means 'pure, chaste, holy') was the Arcadian nymph who together with other nymphs, Neda, Anthracia, Anchirhoe and Myrtoessa, were nurses of the god Zeus. She was depicted to have a water-pot in one hand and a bowl in the other.[1]

Note

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  1. ^ Pausanias, Graeciae Descriptio 8.31.4

References

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  • 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.