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KYRTONIAI

Greek Name

Νυμφαι Κυρτωνιαι

Transliteration

Nymphai Kyrtôniai

Latin Spelling

Nymphae Cyrtoniae

Translation

Nymphs of Cyrtones

THE NYMPHAI KYRTONIAI were the Naiad-nymphs of the springs of the town of Kyrtones (Cyrtones) in Boiotia (central Greece).

PARENTS

Perhaps daughters of the River KEPHISOS

CLASSICAL LITERATURE QUOTES

Pausanias, Description of Greece 9. 24. 4 (trans. Jones) (Greek travelogue C2nd A.D.) :
"About twenty stades away from Hyettos [in Boiotia] is Kyrtones (Cyrtones). The ancient name of the town was, they say, Kyrtone. It is built on a high mountain, and here are a temple and grove of Apollon. There are also standing images of Apollon and Artemis. There is here too a cool stream of water rising from a rock. By the spring is a sanctuary of the Nymphai (Nymphs), and a small grove, in which all the trees alike are cultivated."