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

1. ^ Mythographi Latini 1, 185 .
2. ^ Ovid Metamorphoses 3, 343
3. ↑ Eustathios of Thessalonike 266, 8.