Leiagore
In Greek mythology, Leiagore or Leiagora[1] (Ancient Greek: Ληαγόρη, romanized: Lêagorê or Leagore, lit. 'assembler' or 'addressing the people'[2][3]) was the Nereid of assembling (fish or navies). She was one of the 50 marine-nymph daughters of the 'Old Man of the Sea' Nereus and the Oceanid Doris.[4]
Notes
[edit]- ↑ Kerényi, Carl (1951). The Gods of the Greeks. London: Thames and Hudson. p. 65.
- ↑ The name is the combination of Λήϊον (lēion) / Λεία (leia), meaning crop, flock, or capture / gathering and Ἀγορά (agora), meaning assembly, marketplace, or speaking place.
- ↑ Bane, Theresa (2013). Encyclopedia of Fairies in World Folklore and Mythology. McFarland, Incorporated, Publishers. p. 212. ISBN 9780786471119.
- ↑ Hesiod, Theogony 257
References
[edit]- 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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