Abarbaree (mother of Aisepos and Pedasus)
Abarbarea ( Greek Ἀβαρβαρέη ) is a Naiad of Greek mythology .
Bukolion , an illegitimate son of King Laomedon of Troy and the nymph Kalybe , tended sheep as a shepherd and won the love of the young Abarbaree. She bore him the twin sons Aisepus and Pedasus , who were killed by Euryalus in front of Troy . According to another version of the legend, Abarbaree also became the mother of Euphorbos through Bukolus , who lived as a hunter on the Ida.
literature
- Johannes Toepffer: Abarbaree 2) . In: Paulys Realencyclopadie der classischen Antiquity Science (RE). Volume I, 1, Stuttgart 1893, column 16.
- Roscher: Abarbaree 1) . In: Wilhelm Heinrich Roscher (Hrsg.): Detailed lexicon of Greek and Roman mythology . Volume 1,1, Leipzig 1886, column 1 ( digitized version ).
Web links
- Abarbaree in the Theoi Project (English)
Remarks
- ↑ Homer , Iliad 6, 21ff .; Nonnos of Panopolis , Dionysiaka 15, 377; Hesychios .
- ↑ Orphika Lithika 463; Tzetzes , Homerica 223.