// Workers AI · dad joke modeWhat did Eione say when it ran into its friend? Ion-ly happy to see you.
In Greek mythology, Eione (Ancient Greek: Ἠιόνη, romanized: Ēïōnē, lit. 'shore', 'beach strand' or 'the shore goddess'[1][2]) was the Nereid of beach sand.[3] She was one of the 50 sea-nymph daughters of the 'Old Man of the Sea' Nereus and the Oceanid Doris.[4]
Notes
[edit]- ↑ The name comes from the ancient Greek word ēïṓn, which means seashore, riverbank, or beach.
- ↑ Kerenyi, p. 65.
- ↑ Bane, Theresa (2013). Encyclopedia of Fairies in World Folklore and Mythology. McFarland, Incorporated, Publishers. p. 120. ISBN 9780786471119.
- ↑ Hesiod, Theogony 255; Apollodorus, 1.2.7.
References
[edit]- 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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