METHONE
Greek Name
Μεθωνη
Transliteration
Methônê
Latin Spelling
Methone
Translation
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 Pieros (Pierus), the eponymous founding-king of the country.
PARENTS
Perhaps a daughter of the River HALIAKMON
OFFSPRING
OIAGROS (by Pieros) (Of the Origin of Homer & Hesiod Frag 1)
CLASSICAL LITERATURE QUOTES
Homerica, Of the Origina of Homer and Hesiod and their Contest, Fragment 1 (trans. Evelyn-White) (Greek epic B.C.) :
"From Pieros (Pierus) and the Nymphe Methone sprang Oiagros (Oeagrus)."
SOURCES
GREEK
- Homerica, Of the Origin of Homer and Hesiod - Greek Epic B.C.
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