Limniace
The Limniăce , also Limnate , is a nymph and daughter of the Ganges. Her son Athis is killed by Perseus in the noise made by Phineus .
It is mentioned by Ovid in the Metamorphoses :
"There was Athis from India, whom Limnate, the daughter of the Ganges, in a crystal flood, they say, gave birth, stately in stature, the splendid suit heightened, blooming and fresh, a sixteen-year-old boy."
- Metamorphosen, 5th book, 1st chapter Perseus, verse 48 : German translation by R. Suchier, edited by Egon Gottwein
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- ^ Limniace at zeno.org from Benjamin Hederich: Thorough mythological lexicon . Leipzig 1770, Sp. 1470
- ^ Metamorphoses in Egon Gottwein