Kynosura (mythology)

Kynosura ( Greek  Κυνόσουρα ) is a figure in Greek mythology. Together with Helike she was a wet nurse of Zeus when he was hidden from his father Kronos in the Cretan Ida Mountains . She was considered one of the local nymphs . A place on Crete near the ancient city of Histoi is said to have been named after her.

As a thank you for her assistance, Zeus later immortalized her in the sky as the constellation Little Bear .

literature

• Heinrich Wilhelm Stoll : Kynosura . In: Wilhelm Heinrich Roscher (Hrsg.): Detailed lexicon of Greek and Roman mythology . Volume 2.1, Leipzig 1894, column 1706 ( digitized version ).

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Hygin , Fabulae 2.2.
2. ↑ Richard Wagner : Nikostratos 2 . In: Wilhelm Heinrich Roscher (Hrsg.): Detailed lexicon of Greek and Roman mythology . Volume 3.1, Leipzig 1902, column 363 ( digitized version ).