HEROPHILE
Greek Name
Ἑροφιλη Ἑροφιλος
Transliteration
Herophilê Herophilos
Latin Spelling
Herophile, Herophilus
Translation
Friend of Heroes (heros, philos)
HEROPHILE was a sea-nymph daughter of Poseidon and Aphrodite and sister of the sea-goddess Rhode.
She was perhaps the same as the Delphic Sibyl Herophile who is otherwise described as a daughter of Zeus and Lamia.
PARENTS
POSEIDON & APHRODITE (Scholiast on Pindar's Pythian Ode 8.24)
SOURCES
OTHER SOURCES
Other references not currently quoted here: Scholiast on Pindar's Pythian 8.24.
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