Ligeia (mythology)
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In Greek mythology, Ligeia or Ligia (Ancient Greek: Λίγεια, romanized: Lígeia, lit. 'clear-toned' from ligeios) may refer to two personages:
- Ligea, one of the 50 Nereids, sea-nymph daughters of the Old Man of the Sea, Nereus and the Oceanid Doris.[1][2] She was one of the nymphs in the train of Cyrene. Ligeia was described to have bright, waving locks of hair and a slender pale neck.[3]
- Ligeia, one of the Sirens. She was the daughter of the river-god Achelous and the Muse Melpomene[4] or her sister Terpsichore.[5] Ligeia's sisters were Parthenope and Leucosia[6] or Thelxipeia and Peisinoe.[7] She was found ashore of Terina in Bruttium (modern Calabria).[8]
Notes
[edit]- ^ Hyginus, Fabulae Preface
- ^ Bane, Theresa (2013). Encyclopedia of Fairies in World Folklore and Mythology. McFarland, Incorporated, Publishers. p. 216. ISBN 9780786471119.
- ^ Virgil, Georgics 4.336
- ^ Tzetzes, Chiliades 1.14, line 339 & 348
- ^ Tzetzes, Chiliades 6.40
- ^ Lycophron, 720-726; Eustathius, l.c. cit.; Strabo, 5.246 & 252; Servius commentary on Virgil, Georgics 4.562; Tzetzes, Chiliades 1.14, line 337 & 6.40
- ^ Suida, s.v. Seirenas
- ^ Lycophron, 724
References
[edit]- Gaius Julius Hyginus, Fabulae from The Myths of Hyginus translated and edited by Mary Grant. University of Kansas Publications in Humanistic Studies. Online version at the Topos Text Project.
- John Tzetzes, Book of Histories, Book I translated by Ana Untila from the original Greek of T. Kiessling's edition of 1826. Online version at theio.com
- Lycophron, The Alexandra translated by Alexander William Mair. Loeb Classical Library Volume 129. London: William Heinemann, 1921. Online version at the Topos Text Project.
- Lycophron, Alexandra translated by A.W. Mair. London: William Heinemann; New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons. 1921. Greek text available at the Perseus Digital Library.
- Publius Vergilius Maro, Bucolics, Aeneid, and Georgics of Vergil. J. B. Greenough. Boston. Ginn & Co. 1900. Online version at the Perseus Digital Library.
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