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AishpideV
Aisêpides
Aesepides
Of the Aesepus (river) |
THE AISEPIDES (or Aesepides) were the Naiad Nymphs of the Trojan River Aisepos (in Anatolia).
"By the deep flow of Aisepos' stream [Memnon was buried], where is a fair grove of the bright-haired Nymphai, the which round his long barrow afterward Aisepos' daughters planted, screening it with many and manifold trees." - Quintus Smyrnaeus, Fall of Troy 2.549
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- Quintus Smyrnaeus, Fall of Troy - Greek Epic C4th AD
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