Borysthenis

In Greek mythology, Borysthenis^{[pronunciation?]} (Ancient Greek: Βορυσθενίς) may refer to two distinct individuals:

Borysthenes, one of the three Muses that were daughters of Apollo. Her sisters were Apollonis and Cephisso.^[1]
Borysthenis, daughter of Borysthenes, god of the Dneper River in Scythia (modern Ukraine) who mothered Targitaus by Zeus.^[2]^[3]

Notes

^ Eumelus fr. 35 as cited from Tzetzes on Hesiod, 23
^ Braund, edited by David; Kryzhitskiy, S.D. (2007). Classical Olbia and the Scythian world : from the sixth century BC to the second century AD (1. publ. ed.). Oxford: Oxford University Press. p. 48. ISBN 9780197264041. {{cite book}}: |first= has generic name (help)
^ Herodotus, Histories 4.5.1

Reference

Herodotus, The Histories with an English translation by A. D. Godley. Cambridge. Harvard University Press. 1920. ISBN 0-674-99133-8. Online version at the Topos Text Project. Greek text available at Perseus Digital Library.

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[1] Eumelus fr. 35 as cited from Tzetzes on Hesiod, 23

[2] Braund, edited by David; Kryzhitskiy, S.D. (2007). Classical Olbia and the Scythian world : from the sixth century BC to the second century AD (1. publ. ed.). Oxford: Oxford University Press. p. 48. ISBN 9780197264041. {{cite book}}: |first= has generic name (help)

[3] Herodotus, Histories 4.5.1

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