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Diogeneia
Diogeneia
Diogenia
Divine Born
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DIOGENEIA was the Naiad Nymph of a well or fountain of the city of Athens in Attika, southern Greece. She was a daughter of the nearby River Kephisos, and the wife of the Athenian lord Phrasimos.
"Erekhtheus [King of Athens] married Praxithea, daughter of Phrasimos and Kephisos' daughter Diogeneia." - Apollodorus, The Library 3.196
"Pandion married Zeuxippe, his mother's [Praxithea's] sister." - Apollodorus, Library 3.14.8
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- Apollodorus, The Library - Greek Mythography C2nd BC
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