Halimede_(mythology)

Halimede (mythology)

Halimede (mythology)

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In Greek mythology, Halimede or Alimede (Ancient Greek: Ἁλιμήδη Halimêdê) was the "rich-crowned" Nereid,[1] sea-nymph daughter of the 'Old Man of the Sea' Nereus and the Oceanid Doris.[2] Her name means 'the sea-goddess of good counsel'.[3]

Notes

  1. [1]
    Hesiod, Theogony 255.
  2. [2]
    Bane, p. 172; Apollodorus, 1.2.7.
  3. [3]
    Kerenyi, p. 65.

References

  • Apollodorus, The Library with an English Translation by Sir James George Frazer, F.B.A., F.R.S. in 2 Volumes, Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1921. ISBN 0-674-99135-4. Online version at the Perseus Digital Library. Greek text available from the same website.
  • Bane, Theresa (2013). Encyclopedia of Fairies in World Folklore and Mythology. McFarland, Incorporated, Publishers. ISBN 9780786471119.
  • Hesiod, Theogony from The Homeric Hymns and Homerica with an English Translation by Hugh G. Evelyn-White, Cambridge, MA.,Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1914. Online version at the Perseus Digital Library. Greek text available from the same website.
  • Kerényi, Carl, The Gods of the Greeks, Thames and Hudson, London, 1951.
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