Halimede

Halimede ( ancient Greek Ἁλιμήδη) is a nymph of Greek mythology . As one of the 50 daughters of the sea god Nereus and Doris , she belongs to the Nereids . She is mentioned in the lists of names of the Nereids in the library of Apollodorus and Hesiod .

In the theogony of Hesiod Halimede is mentioned with the addition "richly crowned" (ἐυστέφανός; also "with a splendid wreath"). In the Theoi Project, the name meaning "Lady of the Brine" (roughly "Salt Queen"), probably derived from the ancient Greek word stem ἁλ- (salt, fisherman), is assigned to her.

Individual evidence

↑ Libraries of Apollodor 1,2,7 (original text and German translation online ; accessed on May 4, 2020)
↑ Hesiod , Theogony 255; Translation according to H.Gebhardt edited by E. Gottwein ( online ; accessed on May 4, 2020)
↑ NEREIDS (Nereides) - Sea Nymphs of Greek Mythology. In: theoi.com. Theoi Project, accessed April 29, 2020 .

literature

HW Stoll : Halimede. In: Wilhelm Heinrich Roscher (Hrsg.): Detailed lexicon of Greek and Roman mythology . Volume 1, Leipzig 1884-1890, column 1821 ( digitized version ).

[1] Libraries of Apollodor 1,2,7 (original text and German translation online ; accessed on May 4, 2020)

[2] Hesiod , Theogony 255; Translation according to H.Gebhardt edited by E. Gottwein ( online ; accessed on May 4, 2020)

[3] NEREIDS (Nereides) - Sea Nymphs of Greek Mythology. In: theoi.com. Theoi Project, accessed April 29, 2020 .