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Glauconome (mythology)

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In Greek mythology, Glauconome (Ancient Greek: Γλαυκονόμη, romanizedGlaukonomê, lit.'the dweller in the green sea')[1] was the "fond of laughter" Nereid,[2] sea-nymph daughter of the 'Old Man of the Sea' Nereus and the Oceanid Doris.[3]

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  1. ^ Kerényi, Carl (1951). The Gods of the Greeks. London: Thames and Hudson. p. 65.
  2. ^ Hesiod, Theogony 256
  3. ^ Apollodorus, 1.2.7

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