ORSEIS
Greek Name
Ορσηις
Transliteration
Orsêis
Latin Spelling
Orseis
Translation
Stirred-Up (orsô, orsas)
ORSEIS was the Naiad-nymph of spring of a town in the region of Hellas in Thessalia (northern Greece). She was the wife of Hellen, an early king of the Hellenes of northern Greece. He was the only son of Deukalion and Pyrrha, the two survivors of the Great Deluge. Hellen and Orseis' descendants would come to rule most of Greece.
PARENTS
Perhaps a daughter of OKEANOS or the River PENEIOS
OFFSPRING
DOROS, XOUTHOS, AIOLOS (by Hellen) (Apollodorus 1.49)
CLASSICAL LITERATURE QUOTES
Pseudo-Apollodorus, Bibliotheca 1. 49 (trans. Aldrich) (Greek mythographer C2nd A.D.) :
"Hellen and a Nymphe named Orseis had Doros (Dorus), Xouthos (Xuthus), and Aiolos (Aeolus)."
SOURCES
GREEK
- Apollodorus, The Library - Greek Mythography C2nd A.D.
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