ORNIA
Greek Name
Ορνια Ορνεη Ορνεα
Transliteration
Ornia, Orneê, Ornea
Latin Spelling
Ornia, Ornea
Translation
Of Orneae (town)
ORNIA was the Naiad-nymph of the spring, well or fountain of the town of Orneai in Sikyonia (southern Greece). She was a daughter of the local river-god Asopos.
PARENTS
ASOPOS & METOPE (Diodorus Siculus 4.72.1)
CLASSICAL LITERATURE QUOTES
Diodorus Siculus, Library of History 4. 72. 1 (trans. Oldfather) (Greek historian C1st B.C.) :
"Asopos (Asopus) made his home in Phlios (Phlius) [the region of Sikyon], where he married Metope, the daughter of Ladon, to whom were born two sons, Pelasgos and Ismenos, and twelve daughters, Korkyra (Corcyra) and Salamis, also Aigina (Aegina), Peirene, and Kleone (Cleone), then Thebe, Tanagra, Thespeia, and Asopis, also Sinope, and finally Ornia and Khalkis (Chalcis)."
SOURCES
GREEK
- Diodorus Siculus, The Library of History - Greek History C1st B.C.
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