Cydippe
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The name Cydippe (Ancient Greek: Κυδίππη, romanized: Kudíppē, lit. 'having divine glory' or 'famed for glory') is attributed to four individuals in Greek mythology.
- Cydippe, one of the 50 Nereids, sea-nymph daughters of the 'Old Man of the Sea' Nereus and the Oceanid Doris. She was in the train of Cyrene along with her sisters.
- Cydippe, also called Cyrbia or Lysippe, the daughter of the nymph Hegetoria and Ochimus, king of Rhodes. She married her paternal uncle, Cercaphus, who inherited the island.
- Cydippe, mother of Cleobis and Biton.
- Cydippe, an Athenian or Naxian maiden. During a festival of Apollo or Artemis in Delos, the enamoured Acontius threw an apple at her feet. Cydippe picked the apple and read out loud the words he had inscribed on it, 'By Artemis I will marry Acontius'. She ignored the event, but afterward when she was about to get married she would fall gravely ill every time she entered the bridechamber, causing the wedding to be postponed several times. Eventually her father consulted the oracle of Delphi, which revealed that Artemis was punishing Cydippe for breaking her vow to Acontius. Thus Cydippe married Acontius and became the ancestor of the legendary Acontiadae tribe.
Notes
- ↑ The name is a combination of the roots kudos (glory, renown, or divine triumph) and hippe or ops elements associated with noble or spirited appearance.
- ↑ Hyginus, Fabulae Preface
- ↑ Bane, Theresa (2013). Encyclopedia of Fairies in World Folklore and Mythology. McFarland, Incorporated, Publishers. p. 93. ISBN 9780786471119.
- ↑ Virgil, Georgics 4.339
- ↑ Footnote 92 as cited in Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia 35.36
- ↑ Diodorus Siculus, 5.57.7
- ↑ Herodotus, 1.31
- ↑ Callimachus, Aetia frag. 67; Ovid, Double Heroides 20-21
References
- Diodorus Siculus, The Library of History translated by Charles Henry Oldfather. Twelve volumes. Loeb Classical Library. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard University Press; London: William Heinemann, Ltd. 1989. Vol. 3. Books 4.59–8. Online version at Bill Thayer's Web Site
- Diodorus Siculus, Bibliotheca Historica. Vol 1-2. Immanel Bekker. Ludwig Dindorf. Friedrich Vogel. in aedibus B. G. Teubneri. Leipzig. 1888–1890. Greek text available at the Perseus Digital Library.
- 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.
- Herodotus, The Histories with an English translation by A. D. Godley. Cambridge. Harvard University Press. 1920. ISBN 0-674-99133-8. Online version at the Topos Text Project. Greek text available at Perseus Digital Library.
- Pliny the Elder, The Natural History. John Bostock, M.D., F.R.S. H.T. Riley, Esq., B.A. London. Taylor and Francis, Red Lion Court, Fleet Street. 1855. Online version at the Perseus Digital Library.
- Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia. Karl Friedrich Theodor Mayhoff. Lipsiae. Teubner. 1906. Latin text available at the Perseus Digital Library.
- Publius Ovidius Naso, The Epistles of Ovid. London. J. Nunn, Great-Queen-Street; R. Priestly, 143, High-Holborn; R. Lea, Greek-Street, Soho; and J. Rodwell, New-Bond-Street. 1813. Online version at the Perseus Digital Library.
- Publius Vergilius Maro, Bucolics, Aeneid, and Georgics of Vergil. J. B. Greenough. Boston. Ginn & Co. 1900. Online version at the Perseus Digital Library.
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