Eunice_(mythology)

Eunice (mythology)

Eunice (mythology)

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In Greek mythology, Eunice (Ancient Greek: Εὐνίκη Eunikê means 'she of happy victory'[1]) was the "rosy-armed" Nereid,[2] sea-nymph daughter of the 'Old Man of the Sea' Nereus and the Oceanid Doris.[3] She is described as leaping and dancing from wave to wave.[4]

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  1. [1]
    Kerényi, Carl (1951). The Gods of the Greeks. London: Thames and Hudson. p. 64.
  2. [2]
    Hesiod, Theogony 246
  3. [3]
    Apollodorus, 1.2.7
  4. [4]
    Bane, Theresa (2013). Encyclopedia of Fairies in World Folklore and Mythology. McFarland, Incorporated, Publishers. p. 131. ISBN 9780786471119.

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