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Argioph
Argiopê
Silver-Faced
(argyros, ops) |
ARGIOPE was a Naiad Nymph of Mount Parnassos in Phokis and later Mount Olympos in Pieria. She was the mother of the Thrakian bard Thamyris.
Her name, meaning "Of the Silver Face", suggests that she was the Nymphe of a silvery mountain spring or stream.
| PARENTS |
| Perhaps a daughter of the River KEPHISOS |
| OFFSPRING |
| THAMYRIS (by Philammon) (Apollodorus 1.16, Pausanias 4.33.3) |
ENCYCLOPEDIA
ARGI′OPE (Argiopê), a nymph by whom Philammon begot the celebrated bard, Thamyris. She lived at first on mount Parnassus, but when Philammon refused to take her into his house as his wife, she left Parnassus and went to the country of the Odrysians in Thrace. (Apollod. i. 3. § 3 ; Paus. iv. 33. § 4.)
Source: Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology.
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"Thamyris, son of Philammon and the Nymphe Argiope." - Apollodorus, The Library 1.16
"He [Thamyris] was the son of Philammon and the Nymphe Argiope, who once dwelt on Parnassos, but settled among the Odrysai [Thrakians] when pregnant, for Philammon refused to take her into his house." - Pausanias, Guide to Greece 4.33.3
Sources:
- Apollodorus, The Library - Greek Mythography C2nd BC
- Pausanias, Guide to Greece - Greek Geography C2nd AD
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