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Kymopoleia

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In Greek mythology, Kymopoleia, Kymopolia, Cymopoleia or Cymopolia (/ˌsɪməpəˈlaɪ.ə/;[1] Ancient Greek: Κυμοπόλεια, romanized: Kymopoleia, meaning «strength of the waves») was a daughter of the sea god Poseidon, and the wife of Briareus, one of the three Hecatoncheires.[2] Her only known mention in Classical antiquity occurs in the Hesiodic Theogony.[3] In his Theogony, the Byzantine scholar Tzetzes gives her parents as Poseidon and Amphitrite.[4]

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  1. ↑ Gardner, Dorsey; Porter, Noah, eds. (1884). A Practical Dictionary of the English Language. New York: Ivison, Blakeman, Taylor & Co. p. 548.
  2. ↑ Hesiod, Theogony 817–819; Gantz, p. 45.
  3. ↑ West 1966, p. 379 on line 819 Κυμοπόλειαν
  4. ↑ Tzetzes Theogony 332–5

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