NACOLE (Nakole) - Phrygian Naiad Nymph of Greek Mythology (original) (raw)

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Translation

Of Nacoleia (town)

NAKOLE (Nacole) was the Naiad-nymph of the spring, well or fountain of the town of Nakoleia in Phrygia (central Anatolia).

PARENTS

Perhaps a daughter of the local River THYMBRES

CLASSICAL LITERATURE QUOTES

Suidas s.v. Nakoleia (trans. Suda On Line) (Byzantine Greek lexicon C10th A.D.) :
"Nakoleia (Nacoleia) : A place-name. It should be noted that this Phrygian city is commonly derived from the Nymphe Nakole (Nacole); whence also Nakolaion (Nacolaeum), the same [city]; just as Nymphaion (Nymphaeum) [fountain-house] from Nymphe."

SOURCES

BYZANTINE

• Suidas, The Suda - Byzantine Greek Lexicon C10th A.D.

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