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METHONE
 

Greek Name:
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Translation:

Meqwnh
Methônê
Of Methone (town)

METHONE was the Naiad Nymph of the spring, well or fountain of the town of Methone in Pieria (northern Greece). She was the wife of the country's eponymous king, Pieros.

PARENTS
Perhaps a daughter of the River HALIAKMON
OFFSPRING
OIAGROS (by Pieros) (Of the Origin of Homer & Hesiod Frag 1)

"From Pieros and the Nymphe Methone sprang Oiagros." - Of the Origin of Homer & Hesiod & their Contest Frag 1


Sources:

  • Homerica, Of the Origin of Homer & Hesiod - Greek Epic BC