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Mukhnh
Mykênê
Mycene
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MYKENE (or Mycene) was the Naiad Nymph of the spring, well or fountain of the town of Mykenai in Argos. She was a daughter of the local river-god Inakhos.
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INAKHOS (Hesiod Great Eoiae Frag, Pausanias 2.16.4)
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ARGOS PANOPTES (by Arestor) (combined Apollodorus 2.4 & Pausanias 2.16.4)
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ENCYCLOPEDIA
MYCE′NE (Mukênê), a daughter of Inachus and wife of Arestor, from whom the town of Mycenae or Mycene was believed to have derived its name. (Hom. Od. ii. 120; Paus. ii. 16. § 3.)
Source: Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology.
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"Ladies of older times - the Akhaian ladies of braided tresses like Tyro and Alkmene and garlanded Mykene." - Homer, Odyssey 2.120
"Argos Panoptes ... Pherekydes says that this one was Arestor’s son." - Apollodorus, The Library 2.4
"Homer in the Odyssey mentions a woman Mykene [after whom Mykenai, Argos was named] in the following verse: - ‘Tyro and Alkmene and the fair-crowned lady Mykene.’ She is said to have been the daughter of Inakhos and the wife of Arestor in the poem which the Greeks call the Great Eoiai [of Hesiod]. So they say that this lady has given her name to the city." - Pausanias, Guide to Greece 2.16.4
Sources:
- Homer, The Odyssey - Greek Epic C9th-8th BC
- Apollodorus, The Library - Greek Mythography C2nd BC
- Pausanias, Guide to Greece - Greek Geography C2nd AD
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