OINOE
Greek Name
Οινοη
Transliteration
Oinoê
Latin Spelling
Oenoe
Translation
Wine, Liquid (oinos)
OINOE (Oenoe) was the Naiad-nymph of the main town of the Aegean island of Sikinos (Sicinus). She was the mother by the exiled king Thoas of Lemnos of Sikinos, the eponymous king of the island.
Oinoe's name was derived from the Greek word oinos "wine." Sikinos was a wine-producing island rich in vineyards.
PARENTS
Perhaps the daughter of a mainland RIVER-GOD
OFFSPRING
SIKINOS (by Thoas) (Apollonius Rhodius 623)
CLASSICAL LITERATURE QUOTES
Apollonius Rhodius, Argonautica 1. 623 ff (trans. Rieu) (Greek epic C3rd B.C.) :
"Some fishermen dragged him [the exiled King Thoas of Lemnos] ashore at the island then called Oinoe (Oenoe), but later renamed Sikinos (Sicinus) after the son whom the Nymphe Oinoe (Oenoe) bore to Thoas."
SOURCES
GREEK
- Apollonius Rhodius, The Argonautica - Greek Epic C3rd B.C.
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