Thelpusa
Thelpusa ( Greek Θέλπουσα , as Telphusa ( Τέλφουσα ) or Thelpusa ( Θέλφουσα handed)) is in the Greek mythology an Arcadian Naiad . Her father was the river god Ladon . It gave its name to the city of the same name Thelphusa . The name of the nymph is documented several times in inscriptions, on Crete there was a sanctuary dedicated to her, probably Arcadian emigrants, so that a cult can also be assumed in Arcadia itself.
literature
- Otto Höfer : Telphusa 1 . In: Wilhelm Heinrich Roscher (Hrsg.): Detailed lexicon of Greek and Roman mythology . Volume 5, Leipzig 1924, column 349 ( digitized version ).
Individual evidence
- ↑ Pausanias 8:25 , 2.
- ↑ Stephanos of Byzantium sv Τέλφουσα .