Greek Name:
Transliteration:
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`Hghtoria
Hêgêtoria
Leader, Chief
(hêgêtôr) |
HEGETORIA was a Nymph of the island of Rhodes (Greek Aegean), who married Okhimos, the island's first king.
She was probably the Naias Nymphe of the spring, well or fountain which supplied the main town of Rhodes with fresh water.
| PARENTS |
| Perhaps the daughter of a local RIVER-GOD |
| OFFSPRING |
| KYDIPPE (by Okhimos) (Diodorus Siculus 5.57.7) |
"Okhimos [son of Helios and Rhode], who was the oldest of them [the sons of Helios] and their king, married Hegetoria, one of the Nymphai of that region [of Rhodes], and begat by her a daughter Kydippe, whose name was afterwards changed to Kyrbia." - Diodorus Siculus, Library of History 5.57.7
Sources:
- Diodorus Siculus, The Library of History - Greek History C1st BC
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