Theban Naiad Nymph of Greek Mythology (original) (raw)

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STROPHIA

Translation

Turning, Twisting (strophô, strephô)

STROPHIA was the Naiad-nymph of a spring of the town of Thebes in Boiotia (central Greece).

PARENTS

ISMENOS (Callimachus Hymn to Delos)

CLASSICAL LITERATURE QUOTES

Callimachus, Hymn 4 to Delos 75 ff (trans. Mair) (Greek poet C3rd B.C.) :
"[The rivers and springs flee before the pregnant goddess Leto, fearing the wrath of Hera should they provide her refuge :] Fled , too, Aonia [Boiotia] on the same course, and Dirke (Dirce) and Strophia [the two springs of Thebes], holding the hands of their sire, dark-pebbled Ismenos (Ismenus)."

SOURCES

GREEK

• Callimachus, Hymns - Greek Poetry C3rd B.C.

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