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Nakwle
Nakôle
Nacole
Of Nacoleia (town) |
NAKOLE (or Nacole) was the Naiad Nymph of the spring, well or fountain of the town of Nakoleia in Phrygia (Anatolia).
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| Perhaps a daughter of the local River THYMBRES |
"Nakoleia: A place-name. It should be noted that this Phrygian city is commonly derived from the Nymphe Nakole; whence also Nakolaion, the same [city]; just as Nymphaion [fountain-house] from Nymphe." - Suidas "Nakoleia"
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- Suidas - Byzantine Lexicographer C10th AD
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