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Nymph, wife of the Phrygian king Dymas

This article is about the nymph. For the Mauretanian queen, see Eunoë (wife of Bogudes). For the fictional river, see Eunoe.

Eunoë[_needs IPA_] (Ancient Greek: Εὐνοη, romanized: Eúnoē) according to Greek mythology, was a naiad-nymph daughter of the river god Sangarius,[1] sometimes associated with Persephone as her mother. Eunoë is the wife of the Phrygian king Dymas, and the mother of Hecuba, the wife of King Priam of Troy.[2] Otherwise, the mother of Hecabe was called the naiad Euagora.[3]

1. ^ Scholia ad Homer, Iliad 16.718 with Pherecydes as the authority
2. ^ Bane, Theresa (August 28, 2013). Encyclopedia of Fairies in World Folklore and Mythology. McFarland & Company. p. 131. ISBN 9781476612423.
3. ^ Scholia ad Euripides, Hecuba 3 from Pherecydes, fr. 136 (Fowler 2013, p. 42)