Leiriope
Leiriope or Liriope ( Greek Λειριόπη and Λιριόπη ) is in Greek mythology, a Boeotian nymph .
At Ovid she is impregnated by the river god Kephisos and gives birth to Narcissus . Eustathios of Thessalonica calls Narcissus' mother Leirioessa.
literature
- Heinrich Wilhelm Stoll : Leiriope . In: Wilhelm Heinrich Roscher (Hrsg.): Detailed lexicon of Greek and Roman mythology . Volume 2.2, Leipzig 1897, Sp. 1936 ( digitized version ).
Web links
- Leiriope in the Theoi Project (English)
Individual evidence
- ^ Mythographi Latini 1, 185 .
- ^ Ovid Metamorphoses 3, 343
- ↑ Eustathios of Thessalonike 266, 8.