Memphis (mythology)

Memphis ( ancient Greek Μέμφις Mémphis ) is the daughter of the river god Neilos in Greek mythology . Memphis is the wife of Epaphos , the king of Egypt, who named the city of Memphis after her . The daughter of Memphis and Epaphos is the Libye .

literature

• Heinrich Wilhelm Stoll : Memphis 1 . In: Wilhelm Heinrich Roscher (Hrsg.): Detailed lexicon of Greek and Roman mythology . Volume 2.2, Leipzig 1897, column 2687 ( digitized version ).

Individual evidence

1. ^ Libraries of Apollodorus 2, 1, 4; Johannes Tzetzes Scholia eis Lykophrona 894.