Eunice (mythology)
In Greek mythology, Eunice (Ancient Greek: Εὐνίκη Eunikê means 'she of happy victory'[1]) was the "rosy-armed" Nereid,[2] sea-nymph daughter of the 'Old Man of the Sea' Nereus and the Oceanid Doris.[3] She is described as leaping and dancing from wave to wave.[4]
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Notes
- Kerényi, Carl (1951). The Gods of the Greeks. London: Thames and Hudson. p. 64.
- Hesiod, Theogony 246
- Apollodorus, 1.2.7
- Bane, Theresa (2013). Encyclopedia of Fairies in World Folklore and Mythology. McFarland, Incorporated, Publishers. p. 131. ISBN 9780786471119.
References
- 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.
- 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.
- Kerényi, Carl, The Gods of the Greeks, Thames and Hudson, London, 1951.
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