Deino (mythology)
In Greek mythology, Dino or Deino (Ancient Greek: Δεινώ means "dread" or "eddy, whirlpool") may refer to the following divinities:
- Deino, also called Persis,[1] one of the Graea who were daughters of the sea-deities Phorcys and Ceto.[2] Her sisters were called Enyo and Pemphredo.[3] They were old women from birth and had one eye and one tooth, and these they passed to each other in turn.
- Deino, a Malian naiad nymph who consorted with the Potamoi Sperchius and gave birth to the Spercheides including Diopatra who was loved by Poseidon.[4]
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Notes
- Hyginus, Fabulae Preface
- Apollodorus, 2.4.2
- Hesiod, Theogony 270-274
- Antoninus Liberalis, 22
References
- Antoninus Liberalis, The Metamorphoses of Antoninus Liberalis translated by Francis Celoria (Routledge 1992). Online version at the Topos Text Project.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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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