Alphesiboia (nymph)
Alphesiboia ( ancient Greek Ἀλφεσίβοια ) is a nymph of Greek mythology from the Near East .
The myth has only come down to us in Pseudo-Plutarch's work on the De Fluviis rivers , citing Hermesinax of Cyprus . The god Dionysus falls in love with Alphesiboia, but cannot convince her of himself with either gifts or requests. He then takes on the shape of a tiger in order to make her fearful to be carried across a river. At this encounter the son Medos is conceived, who later names the river Tigris after this event .
literature
- Heinrich Wilhelm Stoll : Alphesiboia 4 . In: Wilhelm Heinrich Roscher (Hrsg.): Detailed lexicon of Greek and Roman mythology . Volume 1,1, Leipzig 1886, column 259 ( digitized version ).
- Georg Knaack : Alphesiboia 4 . In: Paulys Realencyclopadie der classischen Antiquity Science (RE). Volume I, 2, Stuttgart 1894, column 1636.