Benthesikymes

Benthesikyme ( Greek  Βενθεσικύμη ) is a goddess of Greek mythology .

According to the library of Apollodorus , she is the daughter of Poseidon and his wife Amphitrite . She is the wife of the Ethiopian Enalos and the nurse of Eumolpos , whom Poseidon fathered with the Chione . Chione threw the unwanted son into the sea, where he was saved by Poseidon and entrusted to the Benthesikyme.

literature

• Jakob Escher-Bürkli : Benthesikyme . In: Paulys Realencyclopadie der classischen Antiquity Science (RE). Volume III, 1, Stuttgart 1897, Col. 277.
• August Schultz : Benthesikyme . In: Wilhelm Heinrich Roscher (Hrsg.): Detailed lexicon of Greek and Roman mythology . Volume 1,1, Leipzig 1886, column 783 ( digitized version ).

Web links

• Banthesikyme in the Theoi Project (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Libraries of Apollodorus 3, 15, 4.