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In
Greek mythology, Amphithoë (
Ancient Greek: Ἀμφιθόη means 'she who moves swiftly around' or 'the shouter'
[1]) was the
Nereid of sea currents
[1] and thus a daughter of the '
Old Man of the Sea'
Nereus and the
Oceanid
Doris.
[2]
[3] She was probably the same as
Amphitrite.
[4]
Mythology
Amphithoe and her other sisters appeared to
Thetis when she cries out in sympathy for the grief of
Achilles for his slain friend
Patroclus.
[5]
Notes
- ^
a
b Bane, Theresa (2013). Encyclopedia of Fairies in World Folklore and Mythology. McFarland, Incorporated, Publishers. p.
27.
ISBN
9780786471119.
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^
Homer,
Iliad 18.42
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^
Hyginus, Fabulae Preface
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^ These two accounts,
Hesiod,
Theogony 244 & 254 and
Apollodorus, 1.2.7, did not mention any account regarding Amphithoe.
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^ Homer, Iliad
18.39-51
References
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Apollodorus, The Library with an English Translation by Sir James George Frazer, F.B.A., F.R.S. in 2 Volumes, Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1921. ISBN 0-674-99135-4.
Online version at the Perseus Digital Library.
Greek text available from the same website.
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Gaius Julius Hyginus, Fabulae from The Myths of Hyginus translated and edited by Mary Grant. University of Kansas Publications in Humanistic Studies.
Online version at the Topos Text Project.
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Hesiod, Theogony from The Homeric Hymns and Homerica with an English Translation by Hugh G. Evelyn-White, Cambridge, MA.,Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1914.
Online version at the Perseus Digital Library.
Greek text available from the same website.
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Homer,
The Iliad with an English Translation by A.T. Murray, Ph.D. in two volumes. Cambridge, MA., Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann, Ltd. 1924.
ISBN
978-0674995796.
Online version at the Perseus Digital Library.
- Homer, Homeri Opera in five volumes. Oxford, Oxford University Press. 1920.
ISBN
978-0198145318.
Greek text available at the Perseus Digital Library.