Acheloides
The daughters of the river god Acheloos are called Acheloides ( ancient Greek Ἀχελωίδες ) or Acheloiades ( Ἀχελωιάδες ) in Greek mythology . While most authors identified them with the sirens , they were occasionally referred to as naiads .
Information about the mother of the sirens is inconsistent. Mostly one of the nine muses is given as the mother of Acheloides , either Melpomene , Terpsichore or Kalliope . The descent of Acheloos and Sterope , the daughter of the king of Pleuron Porthaon , or the origin of the Acheloides from the blood of Acheloos are given as further variants .
The Acheloides are only attested once as naiads of the Acheloos, as is the use of the name as a generic term for all river nymphs .
literature
- Wilhelm Heinrich Roscher: Acheloides . In: Wilhelm Heinrich Roscher (Hrsg.): Detailed lexicon of Greek and Roman mythology . Volume 1,1, Leipzig 1886, column 6 ( digitized version ).
- Konrad Wernicke : Acheloïdes . In: Paulys Realencyclopadie der classischen Antiquity Science (RE). Volume I, 1, Stuttgart 1893, Col. 212.
Web links
- Acheloides in the Theoi Project (English)
Remarks
- ↑ Libraries of Apollodorus 1, 3, 4, 1 and Epitome 7, 18; Lykophron, Alexandra 712; Ovid , Metamorphoses 5, 9; Hyginus Mythographus , Fabulae 141 and praefatio 30.
- ↑ Apollonios of Rhodes 4, 892; Nonnos , Dionysiaka 13, 313; Tzetzes to Lykophron 653.
- ^ Servius to Virgil , Aeneid 5, 864.
- ↑ Libraries of Apollodorus 1, 7, 10, 2; Scholion to Homer , Odyssey 12, 39.
- ↑ Eustathios of Thessalonike 1709, 39.
- ^ Pseudo-Virgil , Copa 15.
- ↑ Columella 10, 263.