Hyrmine

Hyrmine ( Greek  Ὑρμίνη ), also Hyrmina , is a figure in Greek mythology .

She is the daughter of Neleus , Nykteus or Epeios and Anaxiroe .

With the Thessalian king Phorbas she became the mother of Augeias , the king of Elis , of Tiphys and Aktor . The latter is said to have founded the city of Hyrmina in the Elis , which he named after his mother.

literature

• Heinrich Wilhelm Stoll : Hyrmine . In: Wilhelm Heinrich Roscher (Hrsg.): Detailed lexicon of Greek and Roman mythology . Volume 1,2, Leipzig 1890, Col. 2860 ( digitized version ).

Web links

• Hyrmine in Greek Myth Index (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Pausanias : Description of Greece 5, 1, 6.
2. ↑ Hyginus Mythographus : Fabulae 14.
3. ^ Pausanias : Description of Greece 5, 1, 11.