Chthonophyle

Chthonophyle ( Greek  Χθονοφύλη ) is a figure in Greek mythology .

At Apollonios of Rhodes , Chthonophyle is a nymph who is the mother of Phlias of Dionysus , the eponymous hero of the city of Phleius . According to Pausanias she is the daughter of Sikyon and Zeuxippe and of Hermes the mother of Polybos . She later marries Phlias, who is the son of Dionysus and Araithyrea with Pausanias , and becomes the mother of Androdamas by him .

literature

• Heinrich Wilhelm Stoll : Chthonophyle . In: Wilhelm Heinrich Roscher (Hrsg.): Detailed lexicon of Greek and Roman mythology . Volume 1,1, Leipzig 1886, column 908 ( digitized version ).
• Richard Wagner : Chthonophyle. In: Paulys Realencyclopadie der classischen Antiquity Science (RE). Volume III, 2, Stuttgart 1899, Col. 2525.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Apollonios of Rhodes 1, 115 and the Scholion on the place.
2. ^ Pausanias 2: 6, 3.
3. ^ Pausanias 2:12 , 6.